Pro-life activists who had been praying on public sidewalks outside an abortion provider in Greensboro, North Carolina, are suing that city’s mayor after local police threatened to arrest them for allegedly violating stay-at-home orders aimed at containing the CCP virus.
The lawsuit comes as the nation’s governors have invoked sweeping emergency powers to combat the virus, placing most Americans under stay-at-home orders. Government officials claim the so-called lockdowns, in which some states are threatening to fine and imprison violators, are critical components in the effort to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, or prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed.
