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Even without a draft, Selective Service is causing harm and must be stopped

April 1, 2022 | Alerts, Blog

The current male-only system requires a CO to violate their most deeply held beliefs, and if they cannot do so, they are burdened for life with extra-judicial penalties, with no option to defend their beliefs and actions or to appeal their punishment. This is an injustice. The penalties for non-registrants must be overturned and SSS must be abolished!

Selective Service (Military Draft Registration)

February 8, 2020

Should I register for the draft? Advice to Conscientious Objectors Facing Selective Service Registration CCW Pamphlet Who is a Conscientious Objector? Draft Law “Many people have serious questions about whether it is right to take part in war. Sometimes without...

Support Needed for New Bill to Repeal Selective Service: HR 5492

January 23, 2020 | Blog, Selective Service

The Center on Conscience & War (CCW) supports HR 5492. Introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), HR 5492 would repeal the Military Selective Service Act, terminating the Selective Service registration requirement for all. Enacting HR...

Last Call for Public Comments to End Selective Service (Draft) Registration!

November 18, 2019 | Alerts, Blog, Selective Service

It’s Time to End Draft Registration Once and For ALL! The Commission on Military, National, and Public Service is at work right now to determine the fate of Selective Service (Draft) Registration, and they need to hear from you! Congress established the National...

Talking Points on Selective Service Registration

September 15, 2016 | Blog

1) Draft registration for men has been a failure and a burden on millions of men. Rather than extend the burden to women, it’s time to end it now. Gil Coronado, the former director of Selective Service said in the 1999 annual report, “If we are not successful in...