The Senate on Wednesday passed into
law a bill upping protection for victims of domestic and gender
violence.
The Cod Red law, which also ups penalties for acid attacks,
stalking and revenge porn, comes after an upsurge in deadly
violence against women called 'femicide'.
The bill garnered 197 ayes and 47 abstentions, with the
centre-left Democratic Party and the leftwing LeU parties
abstaining.
It will become law when it is published in the Official
Gazette.
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