https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjwxdz45ywo France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called "conjugal rights" – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause to the country's civil code to make clear that "community of living" does not create an "obligation for sexual relations". The proposed law also makes it impossible to use lack of sexual relations as an argument in fault-based divorce. Though unlikely to have a major impact in the courts, supporters hope the law will help deter marital rape. "By allowing such a right or duty to persist, we are collectively giving our approval to a system of domination and predation by husband on wife," said the bill's sponsor, Green MP Marie-Charlotte Garin. "Marriage cannot be a bubble in which consent to sex is regarded as definitive and for life."