The French parliament has recommended a partial ban on women wearing full face veils. This ban will be in effect in hospitals, schools and public transport. Effectively, if you wear a full face veil, don't go out into public. The French are saying it is against their principles of secularism and equality and are considering the full veil as contrary to it.
Rather than aim it at the women, would it not be a better idea be to charge any man accompanying the lady, or to charge the men in the household instead with breaking this law?
Following on, are the niqab and burka signs of religious oppression of women and should they be banned. Does France have the right idea or is it a fundamental breach of the person's rights to wear what they like.
Also, how do they think they are going to enforce this ban?