The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously backed five faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey who sued the state’s former attorney general for forcing them to disclose confidential documents about their donors.
Under the April 29 ruling, First Choice Women’s Resource Center, a Christian nonprofit that provides pregnancy care through its five clinics, can sue over the subpoena in federal court.
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The case traces back to 2022, when former state Attorney General Matthew Platkin established a Reproductive Rights Strike Force, intended to protect access to abortions. Platkin then investigated First Choice and accused the organization of “seek[ing] to prevent people from accessing comprehensive reproductive healthcare” by “provid[ing] false or misleading information about abortion.”
According to the Supreme Court’s ruling, the attorney general’s office admitted they never received complaints from the public about First Choice. But Platkin demanded that First Choice divulge donor names, phone numbers, addresses and places of employment, as well as up to 10 years of internal confidential documents. After First Choice refused, asserting it violated their First Amendment rights, Platkin claimed First Choice violated state law by refusing to comply with the subpoena.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Hannah Davis and originally published by Decision Magazine. Used with permission.
