Congresswoman Miller Introduces Don't Draft our Daughters Resolution

Local Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) Tuesday introduced a resolution in opposition to attempts by Congress to mandate the registration of women for the Selective Service System. Congresswoman Miller’s Don't Draft our Daughters resolution is a response to a newly added provision to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will require women to register for the draft.

"The Democrats’ plan to keep your family safe is to open our southern border, defund the police, allow the Taliban to seize US weapons and release al Qaeda prisoners, and draft your daughters to fight when a disaster eventually happens," Miller said. "This is madness. The primary responsibility of government is to keep your family safe, and Democrats have failed miserably at that.”

Earlier this summer, the Senate Armed Services Committee included in the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022 a provision that will require women to register for the draft. The House plans to markup the FY22 NDAA on September 1, 2021.

The draft, in its rare instances of use, primarily serves as a pipeline to replace combat forces. 

"Women serve in critical roles in our military, and American women should be empowered to join the armed forces voluntarily, but our daughters should not be drafted and forced to fight," Miller said. "This policy is wrong, and we have a duty to protect our daughters, sisters, wives, and mothers from the draft."

This resolution is the House companion to legislation in the Senate.