Republican senators are heading off any attempts by their colleagues to include language requiring women to register for the draft in the annual defense policy bill.
In a letter Wednesday to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, eleven lawmakers led by Sen. Josh Hawley warned of solid opposition to “to force American women to register for the military draft.”
“Women have served in and alongside the Armed Forces since our nation’s founding,” the lawmakers wrote. “While American men are required to register for the military draft and fight if needed, these requirements have never been applied to American women.