{"id":221236,"date":"2020-04-03T10:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=221236"},"modified":"2020-04-03T13:46:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T18:46:44","slug":"police-officers-abortion-business-pray-save-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/police-officers-abortion-business-pray-save-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officers order pro-lifers at abortion business to go home. Instead, they prayed, and twins were saved."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pro-life activist Andrew Belanger was outside Scotsdale Women’s Center and Family Planning in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday<\/a> when at least eight police officers arrived and attempted to order him to leave. Despite issuing a ticket, the officers eventually left the scene, and by the end of the day, twins had been saved from abortion.<\/p>\n

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had issued a stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus pandemic but deemed abortion businesses to be essential. The stay-at-home order allows individuals to be outside, but the officers argued that protesting was not essential and therefore not allowed.\u00a0After the police arrived, Belanger was joined by fellow pro-lifers Miles O’Brien and Justin Phillips.<\/p>\n

“We’re here for a violation of the stay-at-home order by the governor, okay?” one officer can be heard saying in the video of the incident. “This isn’t essential to be out right now. … Right now, it’s a $500 fine. If you keep this up after that, we’ll take you to jail.”<\/p>\n

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