Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center
Source: AP
Updated 9:55 AM EDT, June 16, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation alleging it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion.
The justices agreed to consider an appeal from First Choice Womens Resource Centers, which wants to block a 2023 subpoena from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin seeking information about donors, advertisements and medical personnel. It has not yet been served.
Attorneys for First Choice Womens Resource Centers describe the organization as a faith-based, pro-life pregnancy center. The organization generally seek to women facing an unwanted pregnancy away from choosing an abortion. The group challenged the subpoena in federal court, but a judge found that the case wasnt yet far enough along to weigh in. An appeals court agreed.
First Choice Womens Resource Centers appealed to the Supreme Court, saying the push for donor information had chilled its First Amendment rights. State attorneys general on both sides of the political aisle have been accused of misusing this authority to issue demands against their ideological and political opponents, its lawyers wrote. Even if these accusations turn out to be false, it is important that a federal forum exists for suits challenging those investigative demands..
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ananda
(32,187 posts)I hate rightwing crazies.
sinkingfeeling
(55,558 posts)attempt to save democracy or the Constitution.
slightlv
(5,832 posts)Been actively working towards this day for decades, it's the ONLY thing that matters... they've even had to make nice with those heretical Catholics to do it! /snark
azureblue
(2,453 posts)note how a faith-based, pro-life pregnancy center will dodge when a woman asks them to provide financial support for the child..
wolfie001
(5,307 posts)Scrolito and Clarence the Clown will