conscientious objection
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Origin of conscientious objection
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Politicians also supported an opt-in system and conscientious objection option for health care professionals.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025
Bishop Kryvytskyi said that he and his colleagues at the same time have taken up the cause of those Ukrainians who have been convicted on charges stemming from their conscientious objection to fighting.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023
Mistaken, “of course,” Akst writes, about U.S. participation in World War II, for which they offered no realistic alternative, pacifists moved from conscientious objection to a substantially more wide-ranging reform agenda.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022
The military has, for generations, made inquiries into how conscientious a conscientious objection really is; immigration officials may make similar inquiries into a green-card-conferring marriage.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021
It is, I am told, suggested that the Act should be amended by freeing from the usual penalties any parent who chooses to advance a plea of conscientious objection against the vaccination of his children.
From Doctor Therne by Haggard, Henry Rider
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