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Controversial law to surgically castrate child sex offenders in Louisiana could soon be reality

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Controversial law to surgically castrate child sex offenders in Louisiana could soon be reality

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politics @lemmy.world • 1 month ago

All it needs is a governor's signature: A proposed bill in Louisiana intended to surgically castrate people 17 and older who are convicted of aggravated assault of a child under 13 could become law.

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8•30 days ago
This is a punishment that simply cannot be enacted. Any doctor that participates violates his Hippocratic oath.
- @jonne
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  I’m sure they’ll find someone. You only need to have one in the state.
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    4•30 days ago
    John Oliver showed me they’ll probably just call in a vet.
    
    Maybe get some farmer with castration bands.

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