The Senate Armed Services Committee agreed to include a provision in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act that requires women to register for Selective Service.
BREAKING: The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee’s intends to require women to register for Selective Service as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY25. pic.twitter.com/a6KypOSpSU
— Patrick Webb (@RealPatrickWebb) June 14, 2024
The bill passed out of committee on a 22-3 vote. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) cast no votes.
If the Senate version of the NDAA passes and becomes law, this will place us in the company of the seven other countries that draft women (Eritrea, Israel, Mozambique, Norway, North Korea, Myanmar, and Sweden).
I’m of two minds on the issue.
On one level, it is a meaningless gesture to “equity,” a cynic might even say that is the…
