Flouting the French measure outlawing face veils in all public places can lead to a fine of euro150 and, in some cases, citizenship classes. However, thus far there have been few legal consequences.

The veil vs. French values A Muslim woman is denied citizenship -- some say because she wears the niqab. By Tracy Clark-Flory. Published July 23, 2008 10:10AM (EDT) --Shares. Facebook.

PARIS (AP) — One runs her own company, another is a housewife and a third, a divorcee, raises her children by herself. Like nearly 2,000 other Muslim women who freely wear face-covering veils an ...

As French Ban On Veils Goes Into Effect, Some Women Defy The Law : The Two-Way Some women wearing the veils protested outside Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. At least two were detained by police.

The veil is widely viewed in France as a gateway to extremism, an insult to gender equality and an offense to France's secular foundation. A 2004 French law bans Muslim headscarves from primary ...

April 11, 2011— -- Muslim women defied France's new ban on full-face veils today and two protesters were arrested outside Notre Dame cathedral for wearing the traditional masks, which the ...

France's ban on face-covering garments took effect Monday, sparking protest from Muslims—some of whom wear head-to-toe robes—and causing confusion over the law's application.

French politician Simone Veil speaks about abortion while she was health minister in 1974. The legislation that legalized abortion in France is still known as "Veil's law." ...

Simone Veil, a French survivor of the Holocaust who became one of her country’s most influential stateswomen, shepherding the 1975 law that allowed abortion in France, pushing prison reform and ...

Simone Veil, the Auschwitz survivor who became a towering figure in French politics after pushing to legalize abortion in the face of fierce opposition, was hailed Friday as the best of France ...