The Alabama bill would require someone convicted of a sex offense involving a child under 13 years old to receive testosterone-suppressing medication, with the intent to reduce sex drive.

The UK has expanded voluntary chemical castration trials for sex offenders to 20 prisons, with discussions underway on making ...

For the first time in Madagascar, a court has ruled that surgical castration be carried out on a sex offender, who raped and murdered a six-year-old girl.

Chemical castration involves administering medication – via injection or tablets – to take away sexual interest and make it impossible for a person to perform sexual acts.

In South Korea, the abduction and rape of a 7-year-old girl last week outraged the public and prompted President Lee Myung-Bak to consider various measures including chemical castration to combat ...

Chemical castration is also sometimes called medical castration and involves using chemicals or drugs to stop sex hormone production, the Cleveland Clinic says.

Louisiana bill proposes surgical castration for child sex offenders If the bill is passed, courts could order surgical castrations, which are more invasive than chemical ones. Rights advocates ...

Thailand wouldn't be the first country to use chemical castration if the bill is approved. The controversial practice is already legal in countries such as Poland, South Korea, Russia and Estonia ...

Chemical castration, which is carried out by the use of drugs and is reversible, can be a punishment for some sex crimes in countries including Poland, South Korea, the Czech Republic and some U.S ...

A court in Madagascar has sentenced a man to surgical castration for raping a child, marking the first time the punishment has been applied in the country, a judicial official said on Thursday.The ...