Ibhalwe nguRebecca Kheel, The Hill
ICongress ilahle izinhlelo zokuthi abesifazane babhalisele uhlaka kumthethosivivinywa wenqubomgomo yezokuvikela waminyaka yonke.
Esikhundleni salokho, uMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke (i-NDAA) uzodinga ukuthi kubuyekezwe uhlelo lokubhalisa olusalungiswa.
Abasebenzi bekomidi leSenate Armed Services baveze lolu shintsho ngoLwesibili ngesikhathi bebikela izintatheli ngalolu daba inguqulo yokugcina we-NDAA ngemuva kwezinyanga zezingxoxo phakathi kwamagumbi amabili.
Nakuba i-United States ingakabutheli muntu empini kusukela ngeMpi YaseVietnam, amadoda aneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengu-26 kusafanele abhalise ne-Selective Service System, i-ejensi elawula uhlaka.
Ngemuva kokuthi uNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Ash Carter evule yonke imisebenzi yokulwa kwabesifazane ngonyaka odlule, abaningi bathi asikho isizathu sokuthi abesifazane bangaphinde babhalise, okuhlanganisa nezikhulu zezempi.
Phakathi kwalabo ababephikisana ngokuthi asikho isizathu sokungabandakanyi abesifazane ekubhaliseni kwakukhona uSen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), usihlalo weKomidi Lezinsiza Zezikhali, kanye nokuhlinzekwa kufakwe enguqulweni yeSigele ye-NDAA.
Ilungiselelo lalifakiwe enguqulweni yeNdlu kodwa laphucwa lapho lifika esitezi seNdlu. Esikhundleni salokho, inguqulo ephasiswe yi-House idinga ukubuyekezwa Kwesistimu Yesevisi Ekhethiwe ukuze kubonakale ukuthi isadingeka yini.
Ama-Conservatives sicindezelwe Abaxoxisana neNdlu kanye neSenethi bayeke ukuhlinzekwa, bethi ukudinga abesifazane ukuthi babhalise kwakubeka "izimpi zamasiko" ngaphezu kwezokuphepha zezwe.
USen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), ohole umkhankaso wokuhoxisa umbandela kumthethosivivinywa, uhalalisele inguqulo yokugcina ngoLwesibili.
"Izikweletu zokuvikela zivamile eWashington kodwa, kulo nyaka, indaba enkulu ukuthi izinhlangothi zombili zizobeka ukuphepha kwezwe ngaphambi kokulwa namasiko okungadingekile," kusho isitatimende sikaSasse. “Lokhu kuwukunqoba komqondo ophusile. Kuyakhuthaza ukubona iCongress yenza umsebenzi wayo esikhundleni sokugxumela impi yokubhala omama, odadewethu, namadodakazi ethu lapho amasosha engafuni ukuthi kuqedwe ibutho lethu elilwela wonke amavolontiya. "
I-athikili itholakale ku-The Hill: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/308014-congress-drops-plans-to-make-women-register-for-draft
