The Supreme Court just handed a major procedural win to a New Jersey crisis pregnancy center fighting a state subpoena for its donor list. According to the New York Post, in a unanimous decision, the justices ruled that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers can challenge the demand in federal court, pushing back against New Jersey’s argument that the lawsuit was premature.
The case isn’t over, far from it, but the ruling sets a clear precedent: governments can’t strong-arm nonprofits into handing over donor information without facing legal pushback. At the heart of this fight is a subpoena issued by New Jersey’s attorney general in 2023, just a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
