The Center on Conscience and War says it’s seeing a rise in calls from U.S. military members facing deployment who are seeking to be discharged or reassigned as conscientious objectors.

Since Trump began his second term, his administration's use of the armed forces has left a growing number in the military unsettled, according to NPR interviews with service members and advocates.

For most of March, drivers on Interstate 64 near the Tidewater Drive exit in Norfolk passed an electronic billboard reminding them that military members have a duty to refuse illegal orders. Over the ...

An increasing number of U.S. states have passed laws that allow health care providers – including doctors, nurses and ...

Amnesty International on Friday condemned Thailand’s charges against activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, who is facing trial on September 9 for refusing military conscription ...

What is the role of conscience in medicine? Following the public debate last year over mandating insurance providers to cover contraception, some have argued that it is time to expunge the category of ...

As the war with Iran escalates and conflict explodes across the Middle East, fears of a potential US military draft are rising. On Monday, Donald Trump gave conflicting messages about the war's ...

Germany has seen a spike in conscientious objector applications after new conscription laws, as debate over military service ...

When he was the mayor of Burlington, a congressman, and even after he became a U.S. Senator, this tidbit didn’t lead to any raised eyebrows: Bernie Sanders applied for conscientious objector status ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rip Russell stars in the one-person drama "Coop," which will be staged at KHOI Community Radio's station on Sunday, Jan. 18. Ames ...

A court in Sivas has sentenced conscientious objector Çınar Koçgiri Doğan to five months in prison for refusing compulsory military service, making him the first conscientious objector in nearly a ...

A Story of an Amish Conscientious Objector,” will be presented at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the German American Center and ...