In The News: We Must Resist the Left’s Unconstitutional War on Pregnancy Resource Centers

In The News: We Must Resist the Left’s Unconstitutional War on Pregnancy Resource Centers

December 6, 2025
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We Must Resist the Left’s Unconstitutional War on Pregnancy Resource Centers

Mike R. Pompeo
American Center for Law and Justice
December 5, 2025

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin – an important case for free speech and the pro-life movement.

First Choice is challenging a 2023 subpoena by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, which sought to compel the pro-life center to release information about its donors in a blatant attempt to intimidate the organization and chill its constitutional rights of association. The ACLJ filed several amicus briefs in this case to defend pro-life centers and their First Amendment rights.

Platkin took this action as part of a broader investigation targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs) that allegedly deceive clients and donors about whether or not they provide abortion referrals. Yet as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas revealed through his incisive questions, the entire case is a fishing expedition: The plaintiff has never been the subject of any complaints of deception and was clearly targeted because of its status as a pro-life alternative to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.

Read the full article HERE.