Do you think that women should be allowed to draft?
363089
Women should be drafted.  As much as it would be a drag for my daughter to be drafted, if I expect her to have equal rights and opportunities everywhere, then this should be no exception.\n\nIdeally, there should be NO draft at all, but I worry that an all-volunteer force won't be enough for another four years of a republican president.
497810
It's the people's duty to protect the thing that protects them. I don't believe in the draft, myself, but I can see it's uses. Think WWII, the draft there worked to great effect for our nation and the world. If we had a draft now, though, we results would be very different.
788962
The way this draft would be set up would be for men AND women. It's not necessarily all combat jobs, especially if you claim conscientious objector status.\n\nThe likelihood of it happening are slim to none. It would be political suicide. People would riot in the streets. History has shown us that conscription is not the way.\n\nAnd history would repeat itself.
833265
ofcourse! i think its time that women get some power and respect!
533514
i think if women were up to the standard of the men then sure. I'm totally for women playing football (as i used to before injury) but i dont believe that the standard is high enough. the womens game just isnt strong enough!
986260
In many countries this is common.  I have considered the ramifications...I did oppose the draft and still do...but I think a year of national service, with a choice of fields, would benefit not only our country but also the young person.
697191
Same thing I think about all women in the Navy.  If they can perform their job, then they belong there.\n\nIts the same for ANYONE in the military.  If you can do your job to the best of your abilities, then you belong in the military.  If you cannot do your job, then you shouldn't be there.
156871
pepper, that is wrong...\n\nIf drafted, you do not have the "choice" not to go. Though no draft has occurred since Vietnam. Today's military is completely voluntary, but the draft is and always will be there as an insurance policy if we are ever in an extremely bad situation. And if drafted everyone called must report. Refusal to report can result in action by the government.\n\nAs a matter of fact, I am one that believes that every able bodied person should serve. I believe it would keep us at a better state of preparedness and that it would cut down things such as unemployment and poverty. People who serve receive training that can be used in the public world as job skills. Self reliability and dicipline are also embraced by military training. Those are things that the younger generation of today is sorely lacking overall.\n\nAs for the actual penalties\n\nWhat is the penalty for not registering?\nIf you do not register, you could be prosecuted and fined up to $250,000 and/or be put in jail for up to five years. Registration is also a requirement to qualify for Federal student aid, job training benefits, and most Federal employment.
943357
Yes they certainly should, and I don't think it should be a question of being 'allowed' either. They should make the decision themselves for what they feel is best for their country without overbearing 'superpowers' breathing down their necks.
839506
While I agree with most of what Rangel said, it still wouldn't radically affect the rich. There are ways around the draft (just look at certain politicians currently in office) so that they wouldn't ever see another foreign country if they didn't want to! Reinstating the draft would force some of the brilliant young minds in this country to sign up for the military instead of going to college and focusing on their education. Also, would you reinstate it just for the males in our country or would you include females too?
744723
Probably the U.S. military is the best example.  \n\nThey still enforce quotas for women, who are excluded from many combat duties I believe, unless there's been massive changes since I was in about 15 years ago.
789226
There is no official way to tell how a future draft would be instated because every draft has been different and the laws have changed since the last draft. Congress even has the right to draft women, if it sees fit to do so. For more information, visit the selective service website
88974
No. But I believe that women shouldnt be allowed to have abortions either. After all its not just their body, and the other body is what they are attempting to abort.
496026
Yes,use your imagination JUST_,I would vote for this if it were to follow the original constitution.There is a lot of"MEN" who would support having this come to fruition.We have a country that rejects its men,allows illegals to come in to any state,allows women to kill their unborn children,who would be living breathing people if they didn`t and allow people who are not citizens to acquire disability who can not speak English.Something that a six week night course could cure.The list could go on for hours but In the correct form I WOULD do what you ask. GOOD QUESTION!
205686
My oppinion is that people should keep what they are born with.  I think that men are born men so that they can fulfill manly duties, and I think that women are born women so that they can fulfill womenly duties. ;)
877633
no! not if you are male and have to register for the draft, but not females ,even though they have every other PRIVILEGE! that a male has! and if you are rich and a dope head or pervert or other criminal then you have the best defense money can buy and you get to go to a rehab facility and not prison! [ that includes both liberal Hollywood and Conservative politicians! and the rich that support them!]
90620
I think women will have them if they want them, They just go underground to do it. (in otherwords, back room operations ect)\nor just travel to a place where they are legal. \nI think they should be legal. \nThe death penelty is legal.. and a human is a human, even if one is a criminal.