A US STATE has become the first to impose surgical castration on those convicted of sex crimes against children.
Authorities in Louisiana have approved a law that would legally allow sex offenders guilty of crimes – including rape, incest and molestation – to undergo the irreversible medical process.
Unlike chemical castration, surgical castration is a much more invasive procedure that involves the removal of both testicles or ovaries – something that cannot be undone.
The law will now allow judges to order surgical castration for men or women who committed a sexual offence against a child under 13 in Louisiana.
It also includes pornography involving juveniles as an underlying offence and it’s also not just limited to male offenders, WAFB reports
The US state now becomes the fourth place in the world to have the law after the Czech Republic, Nigeria and Madagascar – all known for harsh criminal laws.
Democratic Senator Regina Barrow, who authored the law, said she received several “devastating reports” of sexual violence against children – with some cases resulting in death.
She said: “You have those people who are really sick and I’ve heard about some of those cases where they don’t know if anything would really help except to keep them incarcerated.
“So, in that scenario, we need to keep them incarcerated.”
