Anti-Rape Pill Passed, Allowing Rapists to be Chemically Castrated
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice has approved the Anti-Rape Bill 2020, thereby authorizing the chemical castration of offenders who have repeatedly been involved in rape.
The Anti-Rape Bill had been drafted as per the directions of the Ministry of Law and Justice and was tabled at a meeting of the committee of the National Assembly that was chaired by MNA Riaz Fatyana.
The bill was approved by eight votes in favor of it against four, garnering the disapproval of a number of politicians over judicial complications as possible repercussions.