The Washington Post, October 15th, 1996
The new California law that forces repeat child molesters to undergo "chemical castration" may be a popular strategy, but to many physicians, it's bad medicine. The urge to punish people who sexually abuse children is understandable. So is the desire to prevent repeat abuses by sex offenders. In recent years the nation has been horrified by the sexual abuse of children -- and then after the headlines, we learn that the perpetrator had been quietly released from prison into the community after serving time for a similar offense. To crack down on child molesters, California now requires that rep...
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