Being cleared by a government body is no victory for journalists or citizens concerned with free speech
In mature Western democracies we have competing societal values, with abortion at the eye of the storm.
The Australian state of Victoria has a world first: a law which forces doctors to refer women for abortion or to do it themselves -- even if they have a conscientious objection.
Attacks on conscientious objection are part of an international campaign to make abortion a basic human right.
A Canadian woman has spent nearly half of the last 14 years in jail as a prisoner of conscience. Why doesn't she have a medal?
In a world without objective truth, why should governments recognise a right to conscientious objection?
Why are pro-choice activists so dismissive of freedom of conscience?
Two California doctors endure an eight-year legal vendetta for declining to help bring a fatherless child into the world.
Conscientious objection is becoming harder and harder for doctors in the United States, Canada and Britain.
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