Amicus Brief: First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin

Amicus Brief: First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin

New Jersey’s attorney general, acting on a legal theory of “consumer protection” that it developed with Planned Parenthood,  served an investigatory subpoena on First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, seeking information about its donors, advertisements, personnel, and allied relationships. First Choice brought a constitutional challenge to the subpoena in federal court and immediately sought a preliminary […]

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc., v. Platkin - Religious Freedom Institute

Summary of facts: In coordination with Planned Parenthood, New Jersey’s attorney general served an investigatory subpoena on First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc., a faith-based pro-life pregnancy center, demanding information about its donors and personnel. The attorney general selectively targeted the nonprofit based on its religiously based pro-life views. First Choice asked a federal district court to issue a restraining order nullifyi…

AAF Stands for Donor Privacy in Defense of Pregnancy Center - Advancing American Freedom

Advancing American Freedom led a coalition of 68 other amici standing for life and donor privacy at the Supreme Court. In First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, pro-life pregnancy center First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is defending itself and its supporters against a subpoena issued by Matthew Platkin, the Attorney General of New Jersey. Platkin asked a state court to force First Choice to turn over a massive amount of informati…