Cabinet OKs debate on chemical castration in security bill

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 18 - The cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a commission or a technical committee to evaluate a measure introducing the chemical castration of convicted rapists as part of the debate on its security bill.
    The commission would evaluate, "in the respect of constitutional principles", and in case of sexual violence, the possibility for a convicted felon to give his consent to psychiatric and pharmacological treatment including chemical castration, under the order of the day signed by League party lawmaker Igor Iezzi which was green lighted by the government.
    The measure was first announced by Iezzi this summer and has been proposed for a long time by the MP's right-wing League party as a solution to the spate of rapes and gender-based violence in Italy.
    Iezzi on Wednesday said the measure would "introduce pharmacological treatment for total androgen suppression for convicted rapists" to "reduce the risk of recidivism for this atrocious offense" in what he described as an historic battle of the League. (ANSA).