{"id":34878,"date":"2020-03-24T20:23:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/24\/panel-to-recommend-making-women-register-for-the-draft\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:31:00","slug":"panel-to-recommend-making-women-register-for-the-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/03\/24\/panel-to-recommend-making-women-register-for-the-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel to recommend making women register for the draft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A panel charged with evaluating the Selective Service System will recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/23\/commission-eyes-adding-women-to-the-military-draft-or-dumping-the-system-altogether\/\" target=\"_blank\">requiring women to register future military drafts<\/a>, according to congressional sources briefed on the upcoming report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspire2serve.gov\/\" target=_blank>National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service<\/a> \u2014 which spent the last two years holding information sessions on the issue \u2014 is set to release its findings on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will include for the first time requiring women between the ages of 18 and 25 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/05\/17\/house-drops-plans-to-make-women-register-for-draft\/\" target=_blank>register for potential conscription<\/a> in the event of a prolonged war, as all young men are currently required to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/23\/commission-eyes-adding-women-to-the-military-draft-or-dumping-the-system-altogether\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4813528.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Women in the military draft, or dump the system altogether? New report looks at radical options<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Big changes are expected to come to the Selective Service System in coming years, but exactly what is still unclear.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea has gained traction among some women\u2019s rights groups and complaints from some conservative activists in recent years. In the past, courts have ruled against adding women to the draft because certain combat posts were closed to them, but Pentagon officials in recent years have lifted nearly all those restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on Tuesday, House Armed Services Committee ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, praised the commission\u2019s work and promised to closely consider the findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOpening Selective Service to women is just one of their recommendations,\u201d he said. \u201cI look forward to examining the data and arguments the commission has compiled more closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the meantime, it is important that my colleagues have an opportunity to hear from the Commission directly. I believe that public hearings in the Armed Services Committee and other relevant committees are essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When those public hearings might be held is unclear. Currently, nearly all congressional hearings have been postponed indefinitely because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump earlier this month recommended keeping any public gatherings to fewer than 10 people in an attempt to slow the spread of the illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legislative proposals have stalled out in Congress, over both concerns with traditional family roles for women and the viability of the Selective Service System itself. The system costs about $23 million a year to maintain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress will have to adopt new legislation in order to make the change of adding women to the draft. Or they could opt to get rid of the Selective Service System altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/05\/17\/house-drops-plans-to-make-women-register-for-draft\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635990901994141798-12486072343-4fe374ce75-kjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">House drops plans to make women register for draft<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The procedural move enraged Democrats, who were expecting a full floor debate on the measure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent legislative proposals regarding registration of women have stalled out in Congress, over both concerns with traditional family roles for women and the viability of the Selective Service System itself. The system costs about $23 million a year to maintain, and several studies have questioned how effective it would be if officials needed it to replenish troop levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That hasn\u2019t happened in more than 40 years, and Pentagon officials have repeatedly said they prefer the current all-volunteer force to the idea of a mostly conscripted military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Men between the ages of 18 and 25 who don\u2019t register for the draft face possible fines and jail time, and may be ineligible for benefits like federal student loans. 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