The National Assembly -- the lower house of the French parliament -- has unanimously passed a bill that makes publicly inciting extreme thinness illegal whether in magazines, advertisements or on websites. The bill was proposed by Valérie Boyer who belongs to the ruling conservative UMP party and under it, those who incite others to deprive themselves of food to an excessive degree can be fined up to 30,000 euros or, if the person dies, sentenced to up to three years in prison.
The bill will go to the Senate within a few weeks.
It remains to be seen if the bill will actually help curb anorexia nervosa should it become law.
Sources:
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/15/france.fashion
[2] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-france-fashion-anorexia,1,7093355.story
[3] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article3715030.ece
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