0 the fact of refusing to join the armed forces or fight in a war for moral or religious reasons: --
Some doctors exercise the legal right of conscientious objection to not be involved in performing abortions.
Pharmacists must notify their employer if they have a conscientious objection to the dispensing of any drug or class of drugs.
He was not made aware of his rights as a soldier to register a conscientious objection to military service.
Conscientious objection to military service is recognized by the United Nations as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.
There is a clause in the Abortion Act which allows doctors to opt out of performing abortions if they have a conscientious objection.
Draftees might request deferments or exemptions from military service because of family hardships, conscientious objection, and other grounds.