Draft talk: no mention of women

Read this article and note women aren't even mentioned as being even a remote possibility for Congressional action on a possible draft-- not that I think it's likely to happen anyway. Remarkable, isn't it? Excerpt:

'Legislation would need to be passed through Congress amending the Military Selective Service Act in order to reinstate a draft, according to the Selective Service Agency.

In 2015, then New York Democratic Representative Charles Rangel introduced a bill to re-instate a draft alongside a "War Tax" bill to point out the inequity of war as then President Barack Obama attempted to galvanize support for an Authorization for Use of Military Force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
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Currently, all men between 18 to 25 are required to register with the Selective Service System.

The Selective Service Agency states that, should a draft be reinstated, the first to receive induction orders would be those whose turn 20 years old during the year of the lottery.

Additional drafts would follow for those turning 21 through 25, then 19 and 18 would occur if additional soldiers were required.'

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