Claims of a sharp rise in military conscientious objector applications raise real questions about service members’ rights and the Pentagon’s review process. But the public evidence provided does not ...

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MANY years ago (in the early nineties) I stood almost alone in England as an advocate of general military service. I advocated it because I knew that regular food and athletic life (the most vital ...

Prospective physicians who oppose abortion or assisted death should not be allowed into medical school, argues bluntly worded ...

Because of its exceptional character, it should be highly regulated and restricted to guarantee that it never becomes an obstacle to women’s and girls’ access to a legal, safe abortion if they need ...

“I dreamt about this day but never imagined it would come so quickly,” Song In-ho told me last month, following a decision by South Korea’s Constitutional Court that could see an end to the ...

Atalya Ben-Abba, 19, has already served 80 days in jail for refusing to enlist in the IDF and participate in the occupation. Israeli conscientious objector Atalya Ben-Abba, 19, was on Wednesday ...

The Israeli army discharged conscientious objector Hillel Garmi on Sunday after imprisoning him for a total of 107 days. Israel has compulsory military service, and Garmi refused to be drafted due to ...

During September and October 2026, authorities in Ukraine imprisoned four more of Jehovah’s Witnesses for their conscientious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This past Fourth of July, my grandfather, 94 years old, finally had his high-school graduation. Drafted in the winter of 1945 ...