On Wednesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee amended the Selective Service Act to require women to register for the draft. It's part of this year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
When the draft for women first came up in 2016, the year women were okayed to serve in combat, the language about it was stripped from the NDAA before the bill even got to the House floor. Instead, the combined houses of Congress set up a commission to study the issue.
In 2020, the commission said that adding women to the draft was "necessary and fair." Only months ago, SCOTUS declined to hear a case brought by a men's rights group, which argued in favor of extending the draft to women. SCOTUS said it wasn't going to comment on a law that was still in process in Congress. SCOTUS hasn't considered the draft since 1981, when it ruled that the male-only draft was constitutional because women were excluded from combat.
The military says it has no plans to resurrect the draft, which was last active during the Vietnam War, but will continue with all-volunteer forces.
The law requires men aged 18 to 25 to sign up for the selective service or lose access to federal financial aid for college, among other consequences.
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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/564423-senate-panel-votes-to-make-women-register-for-draft?rl=1
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