conscientious objector

Young men were able to choose either to serve or, if they were conscientious objectors, opt for social work.

Army also locked up Hope, Apache and Modoc Indians there and, later, conscientious objectors to World War I.

Eight conscientious objectors - not part of the reservists group - due to begin their military service at 18 years old have served time in military prison.

As a conscientious objector during the Korean War in 1951, Lawson served 14 months in jail for refusing to report for the draft, and he used his imprisonment as an opportunity to study nonviolent protest.

But access to abortion remains patchy due to the high number of medical personnel who identify as "conscientious objectors" and can therefore refuse to perform abortions.