A coalition of religious leaders and veterans has called for a reconsideration of conscientious objection to war, saying that military members should have the right to object to the wars in Iraq and ...

Kim Davis, a Rowan County, Ky., clerk, celebrates her release Sept. 8 from the Carter County Detention center in Grayson, Ky. The Vatican Sept. 30 did not deny reports that while in Washington, Pope ...

Q. If a service member converts to Islam, can he or she refuse to be deployed to places where he or she would fight fellow Muslims? A. Muslim service members, or others whose religious training or ...

Conscientious Objection Platform will work for legislation recognizing the right to object to military service. Platform intends to campaign for rights of penalized conscientious objectors and ...

J.E. McNeil remembers well the call she received about a year and a half ago from a doctor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He was of the Muslim faith and had contacted McNeil, a lawyer and head of ...

MADRID, Spain — A body representing Spain’s medical colleges said on Monday that a government minister’s threat to conscientious objection on abortion is “unacceptable, illegal, and unjust.” The ...

Desmond T. Doss Sr., a conscientious objector whose achievements as a noncombatant earned him a Medal of Honor in World War II, died Thursday. He was 87. His death was announced by Seventh-day ...