Congress has finally done something right.

As lawmakers prepare to vote on new defense legislation this week, they dropped a proposal that would have required women to register for the military draft, according to two people familiar with the negotiations. The move to include women in the draft gained bipartisan support earlier this year, but it was opposed by several key conservatives who saw it as an inhumane and unnecessary policy with potentially devastating consequences.

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