Senate Democrats are attempting to require women to register for the draft. But a group of Republican lawmakers are aiming to stop them.
Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Mary Miller, R-Ill., led a group of 22 Republican lawmakers in opposition to efforts that would force women to register for Selective Service.
The group wrote a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday.
They wrote, “Forcing young women to register for the Selective Service is an affront to our nation’s values and does not enhance military readiness – the only metric by which Congress should measure an [National Defense Authorization Act]. This is yet another blatant attempt to advance a divisive agenda that seeks to eliminate all distinctions between males and females.”
The lawmakers addressed the effect this change to Selective Service would have on American
