Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7699236-20150618150629/@comment-26516936-20150625001521

The imperium would create another million astartes if they could except that only a tiny percentage of any population is capable of qualifying to become an astartes hopeful & of those less than half actually become astartes. Adding the female half of the population would greatly increase the pool of contenders which would result in a massive boost over time to astartes numbers. As a result the more common sense members of the imperium's hierarchy (a depressingly small number to be sure) would jump at the chance to create female astartes if it ever became possible.