Mandatory castration has been a major goal of Prime Minister David Tusk who calls pedophiles, “degenerates.” When the issue of human rights is raised he says that he does not believe “one can use the term ‘human’ for such individuals, such creatures. Therefore I don’t think protection of human rights should refer to these kind of events,”

The advantage to chemical castration over physical castration is that it is not permanent and it can be reversed. But it is not 100 per cent effective and it does not work with everyone. It is not mandatory in any other EU nation, although voluntary programs exist in Sweden, the Czech Republic and Denmark, as well as Canada. At least nine state in the United States use chemical castration often only for repeat offenders. These states include California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin.

The current push for mandatory castration legislation in Poland was initiated by the discovery of Joseph Frizl who is accused of having two children by his young daughter,