First Choice Women's Resource v. Platkin

First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc v. Platkin
Supreme Court of the United States
Full case name	First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc., Petitioner v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey
Docket no.	24-781
Questions presented
Where the subject of a state investigatory demand has established a reasonably objective chill of its First Amendment rights, is a federal court in a first-filed action deprived of jurisdiction because those rights must be adjudicated in state court?

First Choice Women Resource Centers v. Platkin is a First Amendment lawsuit against the Attorney General of New Jersey which is now in the United States Supreme Court. The lawsuit is about whether or not the Attorney General of New Jersey investigating the faith-based First Choice Women Resource Center to hand over the names of its donors violates the first amendment of the US Constitution. The lawsuit is represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom a conservative Christian legal group which has represented other high profile cases such as 303 Creative and Masterpiece Cakeshop. ^[1]

Legal history

In December 2023 First Choice Women Resource Center filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey Attorney General in the U.S District Court for the District of New Jersey for the subpoena he placed on them to hand over the names of their donors. ^[2] Judge Michael Andre Shipp would in January 2024 deny there Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction. ^[3] The Plaintiffs would appeal to the U.S Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit which would affirm the District Court denial of a Preliminary Injunction by a vote of 2-1 in December 2024. ^[4]

References

1. Groppe, Maureen. "Supreme Court takes abortion case involving NJ crisis pregnancy center". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
2. NJ.com, S. P. Sullivan | NJ Advance Media for (2023-12-16). "Facing fraud probe, anti-abortion 'crisis pregnancy centers' fight N.J. in court". nj. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
3. "N.J. Christian Pregnancy Resource Center Fails to Ditch Subpoena". Archived from the original on 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
4. NJ.com, Jackie Roman | NJ Advance Media for (2024-12-13). "Federal court rejects N.J. anti-abortion center's effort to block subpoena seeking records". nj. Retrieved 2025-07-03.