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Supreme Court Lets Crisis Pregnancy Centers Block Donor Subpoena

4/29/2026

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Supreme Court unanimously ruled First Choice Women’s Resource Centers may block a subpoena for donor information.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that the subpoena threatened First Amendment association rights, granting standing to sue, while the Trump administration filed a supporting brief.
The decision could let crisis pregnancy centers evade state regulations, as a 2025 report found about 2,600 largely unlicensed centers providing inaccurate information with little oversight.

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Supreme Court unanimously ruled First Choice Women’s Resource Centers may block a subpoena for donor information.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that the subpoena threatened First Amendment association rights, granting standing to sue, while the Trump administration filed a supporting brief.
The decision could let crisis pregnancy centers evade state regulations, as a 2025 report found about 2,600 largely unlicensed centers providing inaccurate information with little oversight.