Editing Castration (section)

==Chemical castration==
{{Main|Chemical castration}}
In the case of chemical castration, ongoing regular injections of [[anti-androgen]]s are required. Chemical castration does not actually remove the testicles or ovaries of the subject,<ref name=WashPost>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/04/AR2006070400960_pf.html "Can Castration Be a Solution for Sex Offenders? Man Who Mutilated Himself in Jail Thinks So, but Debate on Its Effectiveness Continues in Va., Elsewhere"] by Candace Rondeaux for the Washington Post, 5 July 2006</ref> nor is it a form of [[Human sterilization (surgical procedure)|sterilization]].<ref name=Social-Justice-1999>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3427/is_/ai_n28737308 "Chemical castration – breaking the cycle of paraphiliac recidivism"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201183815/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3427/is_/ai_n28737308 |date=1 February 2009 }} Social Justice, Spring, 1999 by Christopher Meisenkothen.</ref>

With the advent of chemical castration, physical castration in humans has been widely superseded,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Douglas |first1=Thomas |last2=Bonte |first2=Pieter |last3=Focquaert |first3=Farah |last4=Devolder |first4=Katrien |last5=Sterckx |first5=Sigrid |journal=Journal of Bioethical Inquiry|year=2013|pages=393–405|doi=10.1007/s11673-013-9465-4|pmid = 23813324|pmc = 3824348|volume=10|issue=3 |title=Coercion, Incarceration, and Chemical Castration: An Argument From Autonomy }}</ref> though some have undergone the procedure voluntarily.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/castrated-california-child-molester-wants-freedom | publisher=Fox News Channel | title=Castrated California Child Molester Wants Freedom | date=3 July 2006 | access-date=19 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818030615/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201918,00.html | archive-date=18 August 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref>

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