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Supreme Court Allows NJ Abortion Group to Challenge Donor Subpoena

4/30/2026

Summary

Story summary

Supreme Court allowed First Choice Women’s Resource Centers to sue New Jersey Attorney General over a 2023 subpoena for donor information.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the unanimous opinion, holding the subpoena infringed First Amendment associational rights and risked chilling speech.
The subpoena, issued by Democratic Attorney General Matthew Platkin in a consumer-fraud probe alleging abortion-service deception, prompted an ACLU amicus warning that donor disclosure threatens disfavored speakers.

History

Historical Context

In 1958 the Supreme Court struck down Alabama’s subpoena of the NAACP, ruling unanimously that forcing disclosure violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s due-process guarantee and threatened First-Amendment association. The decision protected the organization’s members in Alabama. Echoing that precedent, Justice Gorsuch’s 2024 opinion blocked New Jersey’s subpoena of a women’s advocacy group, citing donor anonymity.

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Story summary

Supreme Court allowed First Choice Women’s Resource Centers to sue New Jersey Attorney General over a 2023 subpoena for donor information.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the unanimous opinion, holding the subpoena infringed First Amendment associational rights and risked chilling speech.
The subpoena, issued by Democratic Attorney General Matthew Platkin in a consumer-fraud probe alleging abortion-service deception, prompted an ACLU amicus warning that donor disclosure threatens disfavored speakers.

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