Posted on 07/23/2021 2:56:12 AM PDT by gattaca
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved language in its annual defense policy bill that would require women to register for the draft.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) approved by the committee behind closed doors Wednesday “amends the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women for Selective Service,” according to a summary released Thursday.
The United States has not instituted a draft since the Vietnam War, and Pentagon officials have repeatedly said they intend to keep the force all-volunteer.
But men ages 18 through 25 still have to register with what’s officially known as the Selective Service System or face consequences such as losing access to federal financial aid for college.
Congress has been debating whether to expand the registration requirement to women since all combat jobs were opened to female service members in 2016.
That year, both the House and Senate Armed Services committees included a requirement for women to register in their initial versions of the NDAA.
But the House’s version of the bill dropped the language before the bill came to the floor. After conservatives pushed to exclude the language during negotiations between the House and Senate, the version of the NDAA that ultimately became law instead created a commission to review the draft registration requirements.
Last year, that commission recommended draft registration be expanded to include women, calling it a “necessary and fair step.”
Overnight Defense: Senate panel adds $25B to Biden's defense budget... Ex-Rep. Abby Finkenauer running for Senate in Iowa Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) earlier this year hinted the changes to the draft would make it into his committee’s NDAA, saying he hoped to incorporate the commission’s recommendations “in large part.”
In June, the Supreme Court declined to take up a case challenging the constitutionality of the all-male draft, citing the expectation that Congress would soon act on the issue.
"It remains to be seen, of course, whether Congress will end gender-based registration under the Military Selective Service Act," wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor in an opinion, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Brett Kavanaugh. “But at least for now, the Court’s longstanding deference to Congress on matters of national defense and military affairs cautions against granting review while Congress actively weighs the issue.”
Oh look that draft stuff is back in play...
Must mean democrats are in charge! Darn war mongers
Communist combat theory.
Women serve as cannon fodder targets that divert enemy resources from male combatants.
I’m all for it. The women wanted equity; they’ll soon have it.
universal suffrage ...
Yep- before they get deployed, aren’t there a rash of pregnancies? They get pregnant so they don’t have to head out on a submarine or go to the front line?
But, this is what you wanted, democrat women. You are getting exactly what you voted for.
And, Orange Man still bad?
Does ‘women’ include the transgender Miss America? :-)
Ah, the draft. Where the rich, famous and desirable could get an exemption in order to continue their rise to the top.
Ah, the draft. Where the poor, unwashed and unwanted were drafted as cannon fodder in order to clean out the gene pool.
Excellent point! Wish I’d thought of it.
There was talk during Viet Nam of making women register.
There’s nothing prohibiting them from joining. Registration is just more paperwork. Meaningless.
Then they Institute mandatory abortion.😖
“There’s nothing prohibiting them from joining. Registration is just more paperwork. Meaningless.”
Not totally meaningless. It will at least inconvenience them when they have to register in order to get government goodies, and remind them that they are on the radar in case their physical person is required to be put in harm’s way.
“Then they Institute mandatory abortion.”
Maybe mandatory Norplant or similar. I could really see that happening.
Yep- before they get deployed, aren’t there a rash of pregnancies? They get pregnant so they don’t have to head out on a submarine or go to the front line?
Maternity flight suits, Front line obstetricians.
Equity, ain’t it a b*otch.
When you want it both ways, sometimes you get it both ways!
There is no draft, and, if ever there were, the first thing that would happen would be to re-instate the exemption for women.
Lewis B. Hershey haunted my dreams as a teenager. My 18th birthday fell in the month with the highest draft call for Vietnam before, or since.
The notion that this or any other possible Congress would pass the necessary legislation to institute a draft call, of any size, is a fantasy.
Talk is cheap.
Canada sees increase of women entering country.
Sounds good to me. Women want equality then give it to them. Give them all of it they can stand.
Must be a catch though since the dims support this.
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