SCOTUS Ruling Protects Pregnancy Resource Centers and Donor Privacy
SCOTUS Ruling Protects Pregnancy Resource Centers and Donor Privacy
Publish Date: 2026-04-29 17:29:00
Source Domain: dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com
A group of pregnancy resource centers may challenge the constitutionality of a state order forcing them to disclose the names of their donors, the Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision today.
The encouraging ruling affirms long-standing First Amendment protections allowing Americans to donate freely and privately to causes they believe in.
As the Daily Citizen previously reported, the Court heard oral arguments First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin on December 2, 2025.
The case centered around a subpoena New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin issued First Choice, a group of five, faith-based pregnancy resource centers, in 2022.
The order, which followed a consumer alert released by Platkin’s office accusing pro-life pregnancy resource centers of “providing false or misleading abortion information,” directed First Choice to release the names and personal details of many of their donors.
First Choice, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, sued to stop Platkin from enforcing the subpoena, arguing the order violated their First Amendment rights by discouraging donors from associating with them.
The federal district court dismissed First Choice’s complaint, arguing the group’s First Amendment rights had not yet been violated because the New Jersey state court had not yet ordered them to turn over their donors’ information.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s ruling on December 12, 2024 in a divided panel decision.
The Supreme Court’s ruling, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, overturns the previous two rulings, finding Platkin’s subpoena plausibly violated First Choice’s First Amendment rights — even if the attorney general had taken no action to force the pregnancy resource centers to turn over their sensitive documents.
“An official demand for private donor information is enough to discourage reasonable individuals from associating with a…
