The Case for Women Entering a Draft
3/7/2019
By Rachel A. McCaffrey
Selective Service law requires male U.S. citizens and male immigrants — documented and undocumented — to register for the draft within 30 days of their 18th birthday.
Failure to register disqualifies men from receiving federal student aid, federal job training or a federal job. The government can also prosecute men who don’t register with a potential fine of $250,000 and up to five years in prison.
As the Pentagon integrates women into every job in the military, the necessary next step is to amend the law to require women to also register with Selective Service, ensuring any future draft will fairly affect all eligible U.S. citizens, regardless of sex. The arc of American history and the democratic experiment is to get ever closer to the ideal that “we the people†are all “created equal†enjoying the rights and responsibilities of being American. The defense of the nation is one such responsibility all should share.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/3/7/the-case-for-women-entering-a-draft
