The 360 | Should women be required to register for the draft?
Speed readWho & Where: Women and men in the United States
In February a federal judge in Texas ruled that the all-male military draft is unconstitutional, in a gender-discrimination case brought by the National Coalition for Men, a men’s rights organization. And in a decision this week, another judge ruled that a suit filed by a 21-year-old New Jersey woman, who twice tried to register for Selective Service but was denied, can proceed.
What’s next: The National Commission on Military, National and Public Service, an 11-member panel created by Congress, is currently studying the future of the military draft. There are 2 main questions: Does the United State still need Selective Service at all? If so, should women be required to register with Selective Service?
“Even if the Pentagon hadn’t made that decision, having a draft for only men would still have seemed dubious, given that the great majority of military jobs now require technical or other cognitive skills. As the judge wrote, ‘In the nearly four decades since [the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a men-only draft], women’s opportunities in the military have expanded dramatically.’… The male-only rule is an anachronism.
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