The conscience clause is a legislative provision granting a person the right to refuse to perform an activity which is in agreement with legal regulations but in disagreement with a person’s conscience. Conscience is understood as knowing what is good and what is bad with the urge to do what is good. It is argued in this article that the conscience clause in fact refers not to conscience in its proper sense but to the set of moral convictions held by an individual and felt to be in agreement with his/her conscience. As a result, the so-called conscience clause in fact obscures the authentic voice of conscience. This article proposes a limited understanding of the legal concept of the conscience clause as a provision which overtly refers to the moral convictions held by an individual.