conscience clause

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conscience clause

A clause in a law that relieves persons whose conscientious or religious scruples forbid compliance.

conscience clause

(Law) a clause in a law or contract exempting persons with moral scruples

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conscience Law			Joe Pitts (R-PA) about what an Obama conscience clause would look like. The right of conscience in the age of Obama: it can no longer be ... by Allott, Daniel; Bowman, Matt / The American Spectator In his high-profile commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame in May, President Obama called on the country and its policymakers to "honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause. Delineating the obligations that come with conscientious refusal: a ... by Sonfield, Adam / Guttmacher Policy Review Many prolife arguments for abortion conscience clauses take this form: "A decent society ought to ban abortion, but at the very least, it ought to protect those morally courageous doctors who refuse to perform it. The right to refuse: how broad should conscience protections be? by Kaveny, Cathleen / Commonweal			Conoy Conquadrate Conquassate conquer Conquerable Conqueress conquering conqueror conquest conquian conquistador Conrad Conrad Aiken Conrad Potter Aiken Conradina Conradina glabra Conrey Cons. Consanguine Consanguineal Consanguined consanguineous consanguinity Consarcination conscience conscience clause conscience money conscience-smitten conscience-stricken Conscienced Conscienceless consciencism Conscient conscientious conscientious objector conscientiously conscientiousness conscionable Conscionableness Conscionably conscious consciously consciousness consciousness raising consciousness-altering drug consciousness-raising Conscribe conscript conscript fathers conscripted conscription			Consanguinity chart Consanguinity chart Consanguinity chart Consanguinity chart Consanguinity chart Consanguinity table Consanguinity table Consanguinity table Consanguinity table Consanguinuity Consanguinuity Consanguinuity Consanguinuity Consanguinuity Consarcination consarn Consarn it! CONSAS CONSAT CONSB CONSCAN conscendere conscience conscience conscience conscience conscience conscience Conscience and Military Tax Campaign Conscience and Peace Tax International conscience clause Conscience clauses Conscience does make cowards of us all Conscience fund Conscience Funds conscience money conscience money Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge Conscience vote Conscience, Hendrik Conscience, Hendrik Conscience, Hendrix conscience-smitten conscience-smitten conscience-smitten person conscience-stricken conscience-stricken conscience-stricken person conscience-struck conscience-struck Conscienced Conscienced Conscienced Conscienced Conscienced Conscienced conscienceless conscienceless conscienceless conscienceless conscienceless

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