Don’t Draft Our Daughters—or Anyone Else
Last year, Congress considered a very bad and ill-considered idea. With no debate and no real scrutiny, there was an effort to add to the annual National Defense Authorization Act a provision to require young women to register for military conscription. The provision was dropped. Proponents will quietly try to add it again this year. It’s still a bad idea. Conservatives in Congress should have nothing to do with this wrongheaded proposal. Before Congress blithely signs off on drafting our daughters, it first ought to consider the question—is that what…
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