Congressional Commission: Women should be eligible for the draft

[muriel_volestrangler]

Did this go unnoticed on DU at the end of March? I can't find anything about it:

Published: March 25, 2020

WASHINGTON — A congressionally mandated commission recommended Wednesday that women should be eligible for the draft and required to sign up at 18.

Congress created the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service in 2017 to develop recommendations about the need for a military draft and how to foster an interest in all types of national service among young Americans. In their final report, which was shared with the Pentagon, White House and Congress this week, commissioners recommend extending selective service registration to women.

“Women are as likely as men to be qualified for military service,” said Debra Wada, vice chair of the commission and the former assistant secretary of the Army. “Ensuring they are part of the registration pool will only make sure we’re more prepared. It signals that all Americans may be expected to serve in a national emergency.”

Conscription into the military hasn’t been used in more than 45 years, but adult men are still required by law to sign up for selective service at 18. The commission proposed that Congress introduce legislation to amend the Military Selective Service Act to eliminate male-only registration. The policy change would expand draft eligibility to all Americans ages 18 to 26.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/commission-women-should-be-eligible-for-the-draft-1.623651

Seems like it would have caused some comment.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Not until the ERA is passed.

Hell no!

[crickets]

5. +1

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

6. Exactly! N/t

[Bettie]

10. There you go

precisely the correct answer!

[captain queeg]

2. Makes sense. There are few jobs that require a great deal of strength

And there are many women that could do those as well. I worry about ships, I know they already do it and do have a lot of pregnancies. Submarines in particular seems like maybe not a good idea, but I’m old and maybe don’t grasp how it is nowadays. From what I’ve seen some of the woman marines I met had the same bravado as the men.

[DURHAM D]

3. Fuck That Shit

Get back with me when they pass the ERA.

[BComplex]

4. This totally went under the radar. I agree with the other poster:

NOT UNTIL THE ERA IS PASSED!!!! Then, we're good to go. Hell, we've been going anyway!

[DrToast]

7. Seems fair

Women deserve equal treatment.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Yeah.

When the ERA is passed. Until then, it's off the table. Fuck them.

[kcr]

12. Yeah. So the draft can happen when we get it. Not till then n/t

[BGBD]

9. Who cares?

There isn't going to be a draft again.

Since I became eligible for the draft the only problem it has ever caused is that I had to stop by the Post Office once when I was 18.

[dlk]

11. Shouldn't women have equal protection under the law, first?

The Equal Rights Amendment didn’t pass.