How to Use conscientious objection in a Sentence

conscientious objection

noun

• In 1967, world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali met with a group of the top black athletes in the country, who questioned him about his conscientious objection to serving in the Vietnam War.
  — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2022
• Though Franz remains far from the frontlines, conscientious objection is its own sort of battle, one between the human spirit and outside forces that seek to subjugate it.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 19 Dec. 2019
• As a result, many who claimed conscientious objection fled to Canada or other nations willing to accept them.
  — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 25 Sep. 2021
• Doctors and health professionals can claim conscientious objection to performing abortions, but cannot invoke the right if a pregnant woman’s life or health is in danger.
  — Almudena Calatrava, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2021
• The courts have also been clear, however, that occasional conscientious objection doesn’t count as a reason to disobey orders.
  — Dwight Stirling, The Conversation, 30 June 2020
• The Witnesses turned to courts for protection and were mostly successful in obtaining it, whether the issue was door-to-door proselytizing, conscientious objection to the draft, or mandatory flag salutes.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2017
• Finally, access to euthanasia comes to matter more than the ability to assure quality treatment, with the authorities willing to accept a brain drain from the health-care sector rather than allow conscientious objection.
  — Wesley J. Smith, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
• The ability to opt out is a feature of a system where voting is non-compulsory and individuals have the freedom to make conscientious objections to either the field of candidates before them or the existing political order as a whole.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2020
• All four universities allow for exemptions for medical reasons or a person's conscientious objection to the vaccine.
  — Michael Osterholm and J. Michael Oakes, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
• This is a situation in which conscientious objection may be ethically invoked.
  — Sarah C. Hull, STAT, 8 Nov. 2019
• The likely issue is the Witnesses’ conscientious objection to nationalism.
  — L. Martin Nussbaum, National Review, 18 Sep. 2017
• Civil disobedience and conscientious objection are core to our national mythology if not consistent in our historic practice.
  — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2020
• Iran makes military service compulsory for men; conscientious objection isn't allowed.
  — Bob Ortega, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021
• The immunization requirement originally exempted people with medical reasons, people who submitted a conscientious objection to immunization, and members of the Church of Christ, Scientist.
  — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024