New Jersey Right to Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9–0 decision in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, delivering a significant victory for free speech, donor privacy, and pro-life organizations across the country.

In an opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Court held that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a New Jersey-based nonprofit serving pregnant women since 1985, has the right to challenge a subpoena issued by the New Jersey Attorney General seeking the organization’s donor information. The Court ruled that the case belongs in federal court, recognizing that the demand for donor records raises serious First Amendment concerns.

The subpoena, issued in 2023, sought extensive personal information about First Choice’s supporters, including names, addresses, and other identifying details. First Choice challenged the demand, arguing that compelled disclosure would deter individuals from supporting the organization and infringe upon their constitutional right to freely associate.

The Supreme Court agreed that such government action can create a chilling effect, discouraging donors from supporting causes they believe in. The Court emphasized that this type of harm is not speculative, but real and immediate, and that organizations must have the ability to seek relief in federal court when their constitutional rights are at stake.

Marie Tasy, executive director of New Jersey Right to Life, the New Jersey affiliate of National Right to Life, stated, “The New Jersey Attorney General created a so-called ‘Reproductive Rights Strike Force’ and used it to target a pregnancy center that had not received a single public complaint. That is government overreach, plain and simple. Today the Supreme Court said: enough. Pregnancy centers have the right to fight back in federal court, and their donors have the right to give without fear of government retaliation.”

New Jersey Right to Life filed an amicus brief in support of First Choice, standing with pregnancy centers and their supporters against unconstitutional government intrusion.

The case will now return to federal district court, where First Choice will continue its challenge to the subpoena on constitutional grounds.

“This decision sends a strong message nationwide: the First Amendment protects not only the right to speak, but also the right to support causes without fear of government retaliation,” said Tasy

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