Supreme Court says antiabortion center can fight subpoena for donors

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : First Choice, which has five centers in New Jersey, bills itself as a "network of clinics providing the best care and most up-to-date information on your pregnancy and pregnancy options.
49% : " The case began in 2023, when Platkin issued his subpoena as part of an investigation into whether First Choice was deceiving clients and donors by falsely suggesting it offered abortion referrals.
48% : Like First Choice, many pregnancy centers across the United States, also called "crisis pregnancy centers," are faith-based and operate with the goal of deterring women from having abortions.
46% : The Supreme Court held unanimously on Wednesday that a chain of faith-based antiabortion pregnancy centers can mount a federal court challenge to a subpoena for its donors that it claims is part of an intimidation campaign by New Jersey officials hostile to its views on abortion.
42% : At the same time, abortion rights advocates readied themselves to combat the centers' messaging, which they say often blurs their antiabortion mission.
23% : Among them was the American Civil Liberties Union, which publicly acknowledged it did not fall on the same side as First Choice when it came to abortion policy but signed onto an amicus brief, saying that such broad subpoenas could "put all advocacy at risk.

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