Jennifer Patterson is director of the Institute of Theology and Public Life at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. She is a doctoral candidate in moral theology and ethics at The Catholic University of America.
Sending women into direct ground combat is tearing down a load-bearing wall. This particular wall is vital to the military mission, to realism about sex differences, and to protecting life.
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