France is set to legally abolish the concept of 'conjugal rights', which implied a duty for spouses to engage in sexual relations. A new bill clarifies that marriage does not create an obligation for sexual relations and prevents using lack of sex as grounds for fault-based divorce. This change aims to combat marital rape and clarify existing ambiguities in the law, following a European Court of Human Rights ruling against using sexual refusal in divorce cases. Teljes cikk (bbc.com europe)