Overall, then, a hard-won right - the right to refuse to kill - is being eroded.
But most veterinarians refuse to kill healthy animals, officials said, which apparently opened a niche for Mr. Rhodes.
But Christian pacifists maintain that Christians should refuse to kill regardless of the consequences in the 'real' world.
Pioneer Square Labs could be an alternative to investors that are sick of putting money into startups, then seeing the idea not pan out, but the founders refuse to kill their darlings and pivot.
Reese does, however, refuse to kill anyone except the really, truly bad guys.
Harry claims that the wand will refuse to kill the one to whom it owes allegiance, further protecting him.
Other front-page stories have the headlines: "U.S. soldiers refuse to kill ISIS families" and "New libel law targets 'absolute scum' in press".
If I went to go work in an abattoir and refused to kill animals, I could hardly be expected to keep my job and take my employers to a tribunal if I got sacked".
When he first refuses to kill the king, Duncan ("I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition"), Lady Macbeth, all bony shoulders and barbarity, rounds on him.
"I didn't dare to refuse, because a friend of mine who refused to kill was shot himself," says Raul. "If I don't pray before going to bed, I dream of the LRA coming to kill me or to kidnap me again".
She told the Sunday Times that she "couldn't believe" her son was responsible for the atrocity, recalling how he had once refused to kill a mouse at their home, saying: "I can't kill anything".
