{"id":2603831,"date":"2026-05-18T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-continues-attacking-pregnancy-centers-after-recent-supreme-court-ruling\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:40:03","slug":"blue-state-continues-attacking-pregnancy-centers-after-recent-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-continues-attacking-pregnancy-centers-after-recent-supreme-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue State Continues Attacking Pregnancy Centers After Recent Supreme Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblue-state-continues-attacking-pregnancy-centers-after-recent-supreme-court-ruling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A unanimous U.S. supreme Court (9-0) ruled in favor of First Choice Women\u2019s Centre, holding that New Jersey coudl not force the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-roe-pro-life-activists-vow-to-protect-mothers-and-babies-while-planned-parenthood-touts-more-at-home-abortions\/\" title=\"...-Roe: Pro-Life Activists Vow to Protect Mothers and Babies While Planned Parenthood Touts More At-Home Abortions\">pro-life pregnancy center<\/a> to hand over its private donor list. The Court said that compelling private donor information is highly likely to discourage reasonable people from supporting the organization, implicating First Choice\u2019s First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>After the decision, New Jersey\u2019s Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Davenport sent a letter to a state judge arguing that the state case should proceed to enforce the subpoena, saying the Court had not ruled on the subpoena\u2019s merits and that the state should not pause while federal litigation continues. First Choice\u2019s attorney, representing the Alliance Defending Freedom, criticized the move as an attempt to evade the Supreme Court ruling and continued pressure on the center despite its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-gov-pritzker-signs-law-barring-pregnancy-centers-from-using-misinformation\/\" title=\"Illinois Gov. Pritzker bans pregnancy ...s from spreading &#039;misinformation&#039;.\">pro-life viewpoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The opinion also referenced the center\u2019s solicitation materials-such as donation webpages that include images of parents and infants-as potentially misleading donors in a way that had been argued by state officials. Nevertheless, the majority concluded that the state\u2019s arguments did not overcome the constitutional burden on First Choice\u2019s right to associate and solicit support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the Supreme Court ruled that a pro-life pregnancy center in New Jersey had the right to challenge a state order demanding that they hand over their donor list, the state government reiterated its desire to obtain the list.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of First Choice Women\u2019s Center last week, with Justice Neil Gorsuch writing for the unanimous majority that \u201can official demand for private donor information is enough to discourage reasonable individuals from associating with a group,\u201d per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/new-jersey-ag-targets-pregnancy-center-despite-scotus-ruling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Christian Post.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Davenport immediately sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/first-choice-womens-resource-centers-v-davenport-2026-04-30-ag-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Superior Court Judge Lisa Adubato demanding that the legal battle continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Court determined that First Choice has Article III standing to proceed with a federal-court challenge to the Division of Consumer Affairs\u2019 November 15, 2023 subpoena at issue in this case,\u201d Davenport wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Court, however, did not \u2018decide the merits of First Choice\u2019s\u2019 challenge to the Subpoena,\u201d she noted. \u201cThis Court should now proceed to resolve the enforceability of that Subpoena.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davenport contended that \u201cthere is no basis for this Court to stay its hand while the federal-court litigation proceeds simultaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erin Hawley, the attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom who argued the case before the Supreme Court, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/first-choice-womens-resource-centers-v-davenport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that Davenport was seeking to defy the Supreme Court decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Jersey\u2019s attorney general is doubling down on her predecessor\u2019s hostile crusade to keep First Choice from vindicating its First Amendment rights in federal court,\u201d she asserted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: First Choice Women\u2019s Resource Centers, represented by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADFLegal?\">@ADFLegal<\/a>, has WON its Supreme Court case against the NJ attorney general in a unanimous 9-0 decision.<\/p>\n<p>This outcome isn\u2019t just a rejection of lawfare against <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pro-life pregnancy centers\u2014<\/a>it\u2019s a win for EVERY\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4tHguXROVw\">pic.twitter.com\/4tHguXROVw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristen Waggoner (@KristenWaggoner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristenWaggoner\/status\/2049521008642527244?\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust one day after the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that her office\u2019s donor demands burden the ministry\u2019s First Amendment rights, Attorney General Davenport requested that the state court fast-track its enforcement proceedings to preempt the federal court\u2019s review,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat move disregards the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling and underscores the stark reality of this case: For more than two years, New Jersey state officials have targeted First Choice simply because they dislike its pro-life views.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley emphasized, \u201cBut this week, the Supreme Court sent a clear message: First Choice is entitled to its day in federal court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Christian Post noted that 17 Democratic attorneys general signed a letter in 2023 claiming that anti-abortion pregnancy centers spread \u201cmisinformation and harm\u201d by purportedly \u201cmisleading consumers and delaying access\u201d to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Now-former New Jersey Democratic Attorney General Matthew Platkin had claimed at the time that he wanted to \u201ccontact a representative sample\u201d of First Choice\u2019s donors to see if they had \u201cbeen misled\u201d about the organization\u2019s \u201cmission and operations,\u201d per a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/29\/us-news\/supreme-court-unanimously-sides-with-nj-crisis-pregnancy-center-against-dems-bid-to-get-donor-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Gorsuch added in his opinion that \u201cin his view, First Choice\u2019s solicitation materials \u2014 including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotuss-9-0-ruling-against-new-jerseys-ag-hasnt-stopped-her-harassment-of-pro-life-pregnancy-centers\/\" title=\"New Jersey&#039;s AG Keeps Harassing ...s\">donation webpage featuring pictures<\/a> of parents holding infants and young children\u2026 could mislead donors into thinking First Choice provides abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cover and again, we have held those demands burden the exercise of First Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Attorney General has offered a variety of arguments. 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