Should the United States Use Chemical Castration For Sex Offenders?

[FAC NOTE] Would someone please correct this hack reporter who writes, “However, sex offenders reoffend 67% of the time”? The rest of the article is informative, but that harmfully WRONG statistic is glaring.

The term “castration” brings a chill to every man. The idea of having your ‘junk’ cut off is horrifying. It’s barbaric. Castration is like the archaic practice of locking someone in stocks or something that would be seen in a third world country, but not the United States But it’s not. It is used in our modern world, including America. Not only do many other countries have castration laws, but several of our states do as well. Even as recent as last year, states have been approving the chemical castration of sexual predators. But what is chemical castration and how does it work?

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