Last year, Louisiana passed a law that permits judges to sentence individuals convicted of specific crimes to surgical castration .

The law, Act 651, applies to convictions for aggravated sex crimes , such as aggravated rape, against victims under 13.

This law allows for the irreversible surgical removal of sex organs in both male and female offenders.

What is surgical castration? What to know about Louisiana law

Unlike chemical castration, which surpresses hormone production without removing organs, this procedure removes testicles in men and ovaries in women, according to Cleveland Clinic .

If the court sentences an offender to be surgically castrated, the procedure is to be done by a licensed physician, with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections providing the serv

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