US supreme court sides with anti-abortion centers in New Jersey case

The First Choice facilities seek to steer women away from having abortions. Platkin issued the subpoena as part of a state investigation into whether First Choice deceived donors and potential clients into falsely believing the facilities offered abortions and other reproductive healthcare services in violation of a state consumer-protection law and other statutes.

The subpoena sought First Choice’s internal records, including the names of its doctors and donors. First Choice has said this caused some donors to reconsider giving to the group.

The question of whether the facilities acted deceptively was not before the supreme court. Rather, the case explored if First Choice had the legal basis to bring a constitutional challenge to the subpoena in federal court, or if it must continue litigating the matter in state court.