"Conscientious objection" means when a person refuses to do something, like a task or an action, because it goes against their deeply-held beliefs, values, or conscience.
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Last year she and other teachers at her school declared themselves «teachers of conscience» a form
of conscientious objection in relation to the overwhelming negative impact of high stakes testing.
It was the latest and, they had hoped, the last in the lengthy legal process the two midwives had endured to uphold the right
of conscientious objection to participation in abortion.
If you believe protecting medical conscience is an important civil rights issue, join in supporting the Declaration in Support of
Conscientious Objection in Health Care.
The same is true in Sweden, where the Swedish parliament voted 271 to 20 to condemn a resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that supported the right of
conscientious objection for physicians.
Ms Sturgeon said: «The ruling yesterday confirms that midwives» right to
conscientious objection from taking part in abortions is protected.
There is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws; instead there is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them
by conscientious objection...» (n. 73)
However, it is fair to say that their energies have been focused
on conscientious objection to war more than on the abolition of war.
Voters in North Dakota yesterday rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution which would have increased the burden on civil authorities attempting to limit religion -
based conscientious objection to state laws:
She said: «I think this private member's bill follows a trend we've seen in America with the introduction of state legislation to undermine LGBT and other equality laws with an increase of so -
called conscientious objection exemptions for public employees providing public services.»
But the Pope's call for disobedience and
conscientious objection goes beyond even the condemnation of the craven «personally opposed, but pro-choice» position.
By requiring them positively to opt out of such surveys, the content of which seems to be less than clear to the parents anyway, parental consent is made the rule,
with conscientious objection being the exception.
So we
uphold conscientious objection to service in the military even in wars that are popular, and we have long acknowledged and indeed honored the moral basis for civil disobedience; I count myself comfortably in that «we.»
Through contemporary stories, told through real sources, classes can use Conviction to reveal the dilemmas people faced 1914 - 18 such
as conscientious objection.
Section 6 (j) contravenes the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by exempting those
whose conscientious objection claims are founded on a theistic belief, while not exempting those whose claims are based on a secular belief.
But
read Conscientious objection to military taxation - Wikipedia and also IRS - Application of Section 6702 Penalty to Taxpayer Who Files a Return with War Complaint for some background of anti-war-tax movements and the legal justifications they attempt to show are valid.
Baroness O'Loan also claimed young healthcare professionals are leaving the UK as they can not carry out certain tasks, arguing there is a need to «reestablish legal protection» for
medical conscientious objections.
There are a number of other campaigns we work on that are ethical in nature but that we classify as falling elsewhere in our campaigns work, for instance our work around same - sex and humanist marriage and
on conscientious objection.
The five justices agreed that
conscientious objection is a right only to refuse to take part in activities that directly bring about the termination of a pregnancy.
Scotland's First Minister says yesterday's Supreme Court verdict against two Catholic midwives who wanted to play no part in abortions actually protects the right to
conscientious objection.
The Abortion Act has a clear provision to respect the conscience of staff: «No person shall be under any duty, whether by contract or by any statutory or other legal requirement, to participate in any treatment authorised by this Act to which he has
a conscientious objection.»
From Aric Clark: Quakers were at the forefront of the abolition movement, have been behind a lot of prison ministry, opposition to capital punishment, and supporters of
conscientious objection: what is it in Quaker theology or practice that spurs them to take such counter-cultural positions on issues of violence?
I have
a conscientious objection to the idea of a 64 year old woman taking up arms to defend the country.
He explained: «There may be cases, probably a very small number, where a minister would have
a conscientious objection to using the normal form of service.
You stand in a noble tradition of
conscientious objection and of civil disobedience.
The doctrine can (theoretically) have teeth at several points: refusal to obey an unjust order, «selective
conscientious objection» when called to serve an unjust cause, suing for peace when one can not win without using unjust means, prosecuting a war crime.
The Crossbench peer's
Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill - which is being supported by the Free Conscience campaign - would apply to the withdrawal of life - sustaining treatment, human embryo research and activity linked to preparing, supporting or performing an abortion.
How are we to understand his teaching that resistance to the «culture of death» demands «disobedience» and even «
conscientious objection» to unjust laws?
Therefore, disobedience and
conscientious objection to such laws must, in most cases, be indirect.
What they had sought in upholding their right to
conscientious objection was, in fact, a very low threshold for a free society.
A few days later, in a press conference, that bishop repeated that, while he didn't know the particular circumstances of every case, the right of
conscientious objection is a human right and enters into every human right, for government officials and for everyone.
The right to
conscientious objection is — sort of — affirmed in itself, but the report stresses that it is «an individual right and not a collective policy.»
Editorials condemned «slackers» in the church who refused to support the national effort and revealed little tolerance for those who chose the route of
conscientious objection.
The committee also worries that the exercise of
conscientious objection may create or reinforce racial discrimination or socio - economic inequalities in society by denying contraception and abortion to minorities and the poor.