As the Senate embarked Aug. 2 on its monthlong August recess, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left a significant piece of legislation unaddressed: the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.
Included in this year’s Senate NDAA bill is a controversial provision to amend the Military Selective Service Act and mandate that women between the ages of 18 and 26 register for a military draft.
This measure, sometimes known as “Draft Our Daughters,” not only is misguided but ignores the underlying issues facing military recruitment and readiness.
“The Senate defense bill’s provision for mandatory registration of all young women for conscription puts ‘fairness’ over military necessity,” notes Victoria Coates, The Heritage Foundation’s vice president for national security. “It would waste time and resources during a war in order to evaluate…
