League pulls amendment on rapist chemical castration

(ANSA) - Rome, April 2 - The nationalist populist League party on Tuesday withdrew an amendment introducing chemical castration for rapists.
    It said this was due to opposition from its government partner, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).
    "We are aware that this amendment, at this stage, is not shared by the M5S," said the League's civil service minister, Giulia Bongiorno. Earlier Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's party said it was still set to file an amendment to a violence against women bill envisaging chemical castration, sources at the House justice committee said Tuesday.
    Salvini has repeatedly called for chemical castration for rapists.