Watch Out, Sex Offenders: Alabama Might Castrate You if This Bill Becomes Law
Convicted sex offenders in Alabama might be chemically castrated if Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs legislation on her desk.
Republican Alabama Rep. Steve Hurst introduced H.B. 379 to target sex offenders and protect children.
If a person is convicted of a sex offense against a child younger than 13 and is eligible for parole, that person will be chemically castrated by the Department of Health, according to WSFA News.
The chemical castration would reduce testosterone or other hormone production.
“This bill would provide that a person convicted of a sex offense involving a person under the age of 13 years who is eligible for parole, as a condition of parole, shall be required to undergo chemical castration treatment in addition to any other penalty or condition prescribed by law,” according to the bill.
Hurst said he wishes that physical castrations were possible.
“I’d prefer it be surgical, because the way I look at it, if they’re going to mark these children for life, they need to be marked for life. My preference would be, if someone does a small infant child like that, they need to die,” Hurst told WSFA News.
“God’s going to deal with them one day.”
If Ivey signs the bill, Alabama would be aligned with Iowa, Louisiana and California among other states, Washington Examiner reported.
Rep. Hurst said Ivey had not said whether she will sign the bill, and Ivey did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The Alabama governor caused an uproar when she signed H.B. 314 into law May 15.
It is the most restrictive abortion law in the United States and a near-total ban on abortions.
Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious & that every life is a sacred gift from God. https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8 pic.twitter.com/PIUQip6nmw
— Governor Kay Ivey (@GovernorKayIvey) May 15, 2019
The law makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest but would make an exception if the mother’s health were in serious danger.
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