This morning, Tuesday, December 2, at 10 AM Eastern Standard Time, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin. First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is a collection of five faith-based, life-affirming pregnancy resource centers serving women and families facing unplanned pregnancies in New Jersey.
Since the overturn of Roe, numerous pregnancy resource centers have been the targets of threats and physical attacks by abortion rights extremists and accused of deceptive practices and spreading misinformation by pro-abortion public officials and advocacy groups.
Two years ago, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin issued a subpoena demanding that First Choice turn over 10 years of documents including statements on abortion pill reversal, donor, volunteer and staff data and other internal confidential information. Attorney General Pitkin claimed the investigation was for possible fraud and other unlawful practices perpetrated by First Choice.
First Choice claims Attorney General Pitkin’s burdensome demands violate its rights under the U.S. Constitution and is asking SCOTUS to allow it to challenge the subpoena in federal court.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing First Choice allege that Attorney General Platkin selectively targeted First Choice because of its religious and pro-life views and failed to identify a single complaint against the nonprofit. First Choice and ADF describe Attorney General Platkin in their court filings as a fervent abortion advocate who has been flagrantly hostile toward pregnancy centers and has ties with Planned Parenthood.
ADF Senior Counsel Erin Hawley, who will be arguing before the Supreme Court this morning, stated: “The Constitution protects First Choice and its donors from demands by a hostile state official to disclose donor identities and contact information, and First Choice is entitled to vindicate those rights in federal court.”
The High Court’s decision in this critical case will set a precedent impacting every pregnancy resource center in the nation and the women and children they serve.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys will be speaking at a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court immediately following oral arguments today.
Listen to Oral Argument Livestream
You can listen to the this morning’s livestream of the oral arguments below. Find other resources and information about the case on the Alliance Defending Freedom website HERE.
December 1 Nationwide Pro-Life Webcast
Last evening, top pro-life leaders and experts came together for a nationwide pro-life webcast to discuss the implications of the First Choice case for pregnancy resource centers. The panel included Council for Life speakers and Beneficiaries Lila Rose of Live Action, Jor-El Godsey of Heartbeat International, Dr. Susan Bane of AAPLOG and Roland Warren of Care Net. (See the Webcast HERE)
The Webcast shared the 2025 National Pregnancy Center Report recently released by the Charlotte Lozier Institute highlighting the vast hundreds of millions of dollars in medical care, support, education and material goods provided by the nearly 3,000 pregnancy resource centers across the country.
Thank You for Joining Us in Prayer
Thank you for joining Council for Life in praying for First Choice, the ADF attorneys and the Supreme Court Justices in this pivotal case that will have widespread impact on our nation’s pregnancy resource centers targeted by the abortion industry. We pray for the outcome of the arguments to protect the heroic pregnancy resource centers and the women and children they compassionately serve.
We pray for the transformation of our culture to welcome, cherish and defend God’s most precious gift of life.
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