Heres’s an an update of a previous story, France: Move to Make Emotional Abuse a Crime.
From The New York Times:
France’s National Assembly approved Thursday night a proposal to add “psychological violence” to a law intended to help victims of physical violence and abuse, despite doubts that the law is specific enough to have much impact.
The proposed law says that to “act or repeatedly say things that could damage the victim’s life conditions, affect his/her rights and his/her dignity or damage his/her physical or mental health” is punishable by a jail term of up to three years and a fine of up to 75,000 euros, or about $103,000.
According to the article, the next step for bill will be the French Senate, where passage is likely to happen this summer.
