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Minister for the Family, Children and Women's Rights, Laurence Rossignol speaks during a debate on a law that would make it illegal to pay for sex, on April 6, 2016 at the National Assembly in Paris. French lawmakers were poised today to pass a controversial law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to 3,500 euros ($3,970) on prostitutes' clients. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP / PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)

Minister for the Family, Children and Women's Rights, Laurence Rossignol speaks during a debate on a law that would make it illegal to pay for sex, on April 6, 2016 at the National Assembly in Paris. French lawmakers were poised today to pass a controversial law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to 3,500 euros ($3,970) on prostitutes' clients.  AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP / PATRICK KOVARIK        (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)