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Supreme Court backs anti-abortion pregnancy centers in New Jersey case
The justices said First Choice can press its constitutional challenge to a subpoena for donor and doctor records.
- On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in favor of a faith-based pregnancy center, marking a significant procedural win for organizations challenging state-level investigations into their practices.
- The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that First Choice Women's Resource Centers can proceed with its federal lawsuit against a New Jersey state subpoena that sought years of internal documents and donor lists.
- New Jersey’s Attorney General had launched an investigation into whether the center engaged in "deceptive marketing" to discourage individuals from seeking abortions, a move the center argued was a retaliatory "fishing expedition" targeting its religious viewpoint.
- In a rare alignment, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a brief supporting the anti-abortion center, arguing that the state's broad demand for internal communications threatened the First Amendment rights of all advocacy groups, regardless of their political stance.
- The decision allows the center to skip state-level administrative hurdles and immediately challenge the constitutionality of the investigation in federal court, potentially limiting the power of state officials to subpoena private records from ideological organizations.
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Supreme Court unanimously sides with New Jersey crisis pregnancy center against Dems’ bid to get donor list
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed a New Jersey-based crisis pregnancy center to fight a Garden State subpoena from 2023 demanding access to its donor information.
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