Women in combat raises draft question

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'A national poll released June 19 by Florida-based CapitalSoup.com to mark the anniversary found that 59 percent of Americans are in favor of including women in a future draft. The poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, found that support is strongest among Democrats, women and people ages 18 to 34.

It’s not the first time Americans have voiced support for the change.

Back in 1992, about the time President Bill Clinton broached the subject, a survey of 1,500 adults found that 52 percent were in favor of women being drafted.
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In 1980, with Soviet forces descending on Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter reactivated registration for men in the event that a military draft would be needed. Challenged legally by several men, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the men-only law in 1981 on the basis that the military didn’t allow women on the front lines.
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It would require an act of Congress to begin including women.
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He cited word that the House Armed Services Committee intended to include an amendment to its 2014 defense budget prohibiting Selective Service from registering or drafting women.

“It is difficult to see women being included absent a necessary military reason,” Flahavan wrote in an email.'