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Supreme Court to Review First Choice Women’s Resource Centers’ Challenge to New Jersey AG’s Subpoena

The court will decide if a pro-life clinic network can bypass state courts to challenge a 2023 subpoena for donor identities along with internal records that it says violates its constitutional rights.

A person rests in front of the US Supreme Court on June 5, 2025 in Washington, DC.
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building on the first day of the court's new term in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File photo
Anti-abortion activists march and rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court during the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2024.
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Overview

  • On June 16, the Supreme Court granted review in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, with arguments set for the October 2025 term.
  • The case centers on whether the faith-based crisis pregnancy center can bring its First Amendment objections in federal court or must first litigate in New Jersey state court.
  • Attorney General Matthew Platkin issued the 2023 subpoena seeking nearly a decade of internal documents and the names of donors as part of a consumer fraud investigation.
  • First Choice, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, argues that the subpoena chills free speech and association by exposing donors to public scrutiny.
  • Conservative advocacy groups backed the appeal and the court’s ruling could set limits on state attorneys general’s investigatory powers over nonprofit speech.