Every time there’s a conversation about what an appropriate punishment for rape is, someone is bound to talk about how castration is the answer.
A Louisiana Senate Committee seemed to agree when it considered castration to supplement (and not to supplant) punishment in cases of ‘aggravated rape, sexual battery, selling pornography that shows minors under 17 years old, incest, simple kidnapping of children under the age of 14, and child abuse’. [1]
The castration envisaged is through the use of a drug called MPA (medroxyprogestrone acetate) although an offender may choose physical castration.
The bill is by Senator Nick Gautreaux, an Abbeville Democrat, and will now go to the full Senate.
Links:
[1] 2theadvocate.com/news/17412114.html
[2] nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/senate_panel_approves_bill_req.html
[3] foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348171,00.html
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