New Jersey’s weaponized investigation targeting a faith-based pregnancy center reaches the Supreme Court tomorrow, exposing a coordinated leftist assault on pro-life organizations that threatens First Amendment protections for religious nonprofits nationwide.
Story Highlights
- Supreme Court hears oral arguments December 2, 2025, on First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. New Jersey subpoena case
- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin demands donor identities and staff information from pro-life pregnancy center under consumer fraud investigation
- Federal Solicitor General supports First Choice, recognizing credible threat to constitutional rights
- Case reflects broader pattern of 26 state bills targeting pregnancy centers since Dobbs decision
- Decision will determine whether religious organizations can seek federal court protection before exhausting state remedies
Left’s Coordinated Attack on Pro-Life Centers Intensifies
The Supreme Court case represents the latest escalation in systematic government harassment of pregnancy centers following the Dobbs decision. First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a faith-based organization providing ultrasounds, parenting classes, and material support to pregnant women, faces a New Jersey Attorney General subpoena demanding sensitive donor information and staff identities.
This government intimidation tactic mirrors broader leftist efforts to silence pro-life voices through bureaucratic weaponization, forcing the organization to remove staff-identifying videos from YouTube to protect employees from potential retaliation.
Constitutional Rights Under Siege by State Overreach
Alliance Defending Freedom represents First Choice in challenging what amounts to state-sanctioned persecution of religious organizations. The subpoena creates a chilling effect on donor contributions while threatening associational freedoms protected under the First Amendment.
New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act investigation alleges the center misled women about providing abortion referrals, yet this accusation appears pretextual given the documented nationwide pattern of targeting pregnancy centers. The federal Solicitor General correctly recognized this as a straightforward case where credible enforcement threats constitute concrete constitutional injuries requiring immediate federal court intervention.
Pregnancy Centers Face Unprecedented Government Hostility
According to court filings, state lawmakers have introduced or advanced at least 26 bills specifically targeting pro-life pregnancy centers in recent years. This legislative assault coincides with documented threats of violence and actual attacks against these faith-based organizations.
The coordinated nature of these efforts reveals systematic government persecution rather than legitimate consumer protection concerns. Multiple state attorneys general have launched similar investigations and media campaigns characterizing pregnancy centers as purveyors of “misleading information,” despite these organizations’ transparent mission to support pregnant women and their children through comprehensive social services.
The Supreme Court’s decision will establish critical precedent regarding federal court intervention in state regulatory proceedings involving First Amendment claims. A ruling favoring New Jersey would empower state bureaucrats to harass religious organizations through prolonged legal proceedings before constitutional protections apply.
Conversely, protecting First Choice’s rights would restore proper balance between legitimate state authority and fundamental constitutional freedoms, ensuring religious nonprofits can operate without fear of government retaliation for their pro-life convictions.
Sources:
Court to hear arguments on faith-based pregnancy centers’ challenge to state subpoena – SCOTUSblog
Supreme Court to Rule Whether Pro-Life Pregnancy Center Can Avoid Subpoena – AJMC
Amicus Brief – Supreme Court of the United States
Litigation Involving Reproductive Health and Rights in the Federal Courts – KFF
