Democrats Tuck Female Draft Into Defense Bill – IOTW Report

Democrats Tuck Female Draft Into Defense Bill

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The Pentagon will have to start drafting women in order to receive funding after House Democrats amended the defense budget.

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D., Pa.) put forward a measure on Wednesday to require all women over the age of 18 to register for selective service. Houlahan said her policy would best draw on the “talents of our entire nation.” Only one in three women, however, support adding women to the draft, according to an Ipsos poll. Republicans pilloried the legislation. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R., Mo.), a House Armed Services Committee member, lampooned the prospect that millions of America’s daughters could be put needlessly in the line of fire.

“I feel confident that in an emergency that the women of this country would step up and volunteer as needed,” Hartzler said. “It seems like this is a solution in search of a problem. … We don’t need to draft women in order for women to have equality in this nation.”

Female participation in the military has steadily increased since 2004, rising to 17 percent in 2018. A larger percentage of women in military service Are Commissioned as officers than men. Critics say conscription should focus on fielding the most effective fighting force, rather than gender ideology. Terry Schilling, the president of the American Principles Project, which led a campaign against the measure, told the Washington Free Beacon the decision could have a crippling effect on lawmakers who passed the bill. read more

18 Comments on Democrats Tuck Female Draft Into Defense Bill

  1. Can we get that amended to drafting Liberal Women only?

    These people are dumber than a box of rocks. I think they’ve watched to many of those Chinese military parades and want to be just like them.

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  2. What happened to the philosophy of “We don’t want anyone in our military who doesn’t want to be here!” that began under Reagan and has shaped our Armed Forces since?

    The rocking chair has done broke and we’re off it.

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  3. Drafting women?….ok, for the first two rounds I’ll take Raquel Welch and Sophia Loren….3rd round will be Meg Ryan on a hard crostini with lox and all the other goodies….I’ll be dead by the 4th round, so WTF…..

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  4. Actually, I DO think this is a good idea. I think that 2 years of compulsory military service for both men and women before beginning post-secondary education would make them better adults. At least they would be able to make their beds, do some exercise and know how to strip down a gun and re-load.
    They might also learn some discipline and respect for authority. I can dream can I not?

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  5. Thank God that both my daughters are beyond draft age. This is another damnable strike against women and the sanctity of life. But what else should I expect from all the damn pro aborts (joey, you’re # 1 with a bullet) who hate women and their children. I hate the left with a purple passion.

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  6. If I’m “reading” this amendment correctly, it’s not requiring that women be DRAFTED, they just have to register for the draft. Just like the guys. Doesn’t mean that either gender is actually going into the armed forces, unless they volunteer, or a national emergency.
    But I like this amendment. Ever since Gloria Steinem and NOW started the 1st Generation FemiNazi movement (and we’re on 3rd? 4th? Generation now?), the FemiNazis have been pushing for “equality of the sexes”. Well, they deserve what’s coming to them – good and hard!

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