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It's a waste of money. I can't even imagine a time when we'd draft men, much less women. If we get in that situation, we could always initiate it. Otherwise, it's a waste of taxpayer money to maintain the information.
But what you'd be initiating is a list of every adult American over the age of 18 during a crisis that requires the draft...
My point being, that if there were a situation in which the US needed a draft, the situation would probably be quite bleak. The time it would take to register everyone would add months, even before there was a draft itself. Why not just have everyone sign up when they're 18, and if the country is faced with such a dire emergency that we would need to draft our (obese and undisciplined) civilians then it could be done immediately?
In theory. Why not just keep a roll call before the crisis occurs?