Overview

• On June 16, the Supreme Court granted review of First Choice Women’s Resource Center’s bid to block New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin from enforcing a subpoena for donor lists and internal communications.
• A December 2024 decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s order that the center must exhaust state remedies before pursuing federal claims.
• First Choice argues that state courts will decide its constitutional claims first, effectively denying it a federal forum to challenge alleged investigative overreach.
• Represented by the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom, the center’s appeal highlights broader disputes over crisis pregnancy centers accused of nontransparent practices.
• Justices are scheduled to hear arguments in the term beginning October 2025, with the outcome set to define limits on state probes of abortion-focused crisis centers.