Why Are Women Excluded From Automatic Draft Registration?

Why are women excluded from automatic draft registration?

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Charles Rasmussen of Bass Harbor received his draft notice in 1966. He joined the U.S. Navy in an attempt to avoid the rice paddies of Vietnam. He eventually spent nearly two years in Vietnam. He came home in 1970, went to college and joined the Vietnam Veterans Against …

U.S. plans to automatically register young men for military draft

A new rule will allow the federal government to automatically register eligible men for the military draft beginning in December, according to the Military Times.