[fkdk]

Including women would have been a legal nonstarter.

The german constitution restricts drafting to men[0] and would have to be changed before such a law could even be considered.

Before you ask, yes, the constitution also says that men and women need to be treated equally[1]

[0] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_12a.html

[1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_3.html

[jijijijij]

> The german constitution restricts drafting to men[0] and would have to be changed before such a law could even be considered.

Just to add, the current government does not have the necessary majority to make such a change. Therefore making a law which includes drafting women is legally impossible without opposition collaboration.

[belorn]

The way to solve that is to introduce a different form of service to the state along side with military service so that the choice in practice become the same.

Is there anything in the constitution that forbids the government from requiring citizens to perform some kind of service to the government?