Senate panel votes to make women register for draft

[thackney]

Senate panel votes to make women register for draft
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/564423-senate-panel-votes-to-make-women-register-for-draft
07/22/21

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....

[AARguy]

No one has been drafted in 47 years. Moms don't want a draft, dads don't want a draft, the military doesn't want a draft.

Much ado about nothing.

[jmyrlefuller]

No one has been drafted in 47 years. Moms don't want a draft, dads don't want a draft, the military doesn't want a draft.

Much ado about nothing.

But it does rectify one grievous wrong.

Men for the past 37 years have been required to submit their personal information to the government under threat of jail time, fines, permanent blacklisting from most government jobs, and inability to get a driver's license in 23 states, so that the government could at any time, war or peace, force them to be conscripted into the armed forces. Meanwhile, women have gotten off scot-free.

"Equal protection" my foot. If we're going to infringe on people's liberties like that, women should be subject to it the same as men.

[LegalAmerican]

Mostly communist countries , want their women to be drafted.