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The new bill enshrines the principle of consent into the country鈥檚 rape law, joining nations including Spain, Germany, and Belgium. The law says consent must be 鈥渇ree and informed, specific, prior, and revocable.鈥 It comes a year after the trial of French woman Gis猫le Pelicot, whose husband repeatedly drugged and raped her and invited strangers to sexually assault her. Advocates called the bill a 鈥渉istoric step forward.鈥
