Supreme Court Allows New Jersey’s Subpoena of Pregnancy Help Centers’ Sensitive Information

Published on May 14, 2024

The Supreme Court turned away, on May 13, a request from a New Jersey-based network of pro-life pregnancy help centers to halt a subpoena from the pro-choice state that would compel it to disclose information about its donors. Donor information is a closely guarded secret in the nonprofit community. Donors generally expect their identities to be protected so they will not be subject to harassment by political opponents and hostile governments. The ruling came two weeks after a coalition of pro-life pregnancy help organizations in neighboring New York state sued New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, in state court over her efforts to prevent them from promoting abortion pill reversal procedures. The lawsuit was filed by the Thomas More Society, a public interest law firm that focuses on religious freedoms....