Should laws allow women to serve in the armed forces as combatants?

Pro: Women can make substantial contributions to the armed forces.

Pro: Women ought to have an equal right to take advantage of the opportunities their country affords and an equal duty to serve their country in peacetime and in war.

Con: Because of the special danger that women in combat face, the danger that befalls them because of their sex when they are captured, namely, the danger of being raped and otherwise sexually tortured, the nation ought to keep women out of combat.

Con: If the military leadership assigns women to the same units as it assigns men, the cohesion of those units will suffer.