NJ admits to Supreme Court it had no complaints against targeted pro-life center
December 3, 2025
An attorney representing New Jersey has admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court that a pro-life pregnancy center subpoenaed by the state had received no complaints against it.
The Christian Post reports that arguments in the case of First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey were heard before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The case arose from whether New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin could require First Choice, a pro-life center network, to disclose its donor lists and donor information under threat of legal penalties.
Arguing the case on behalf of the state was Sundeep Iyer, chief counsel to the New Jersey attorney general, who contended that the subpoena did not violate First Choice’s First Amendment rights.
During Tuesday’s proceedings, Justice Clarence Thomas asked Iyer if he had “complaints that formed the basis of your concern about the fundraising activities.”
Iyer responded that “we certainly had complaints about crisis pregnancy centers,” prompting Justice Thomas to ask whether he had received complaints about First Choice specifically.
Iyer replied, “So, I think we’ve been clear from the outset that we haven’t had complaints about this specific crisis pregnancy center,” prompting Thomas to respond, “So you had no basis to think that they were deceiving any of their contributors?”
When Thomas clarified that the state “had no complainants,” Iyer said that state and federal governments “initiate investigations all the time in the absence of complaints where they have a reason to suspect that there could be potential issues of legal compliance.”
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin subpoenaed First Choice for records in November 2023, seeking donor lists and private correspondence to investigate whether the network was violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
According to the Christian Post, Platkin was one of 16 Democrat Attorneys General who signed a letter in 2023 accusing pro-life pregnancy centers of spreading “misinformation and harm” by “misleading consumers and delaying access to critical, time-sensitive reproductive healthcare.”
In December 2023, First Choice filed a complaint against Platkin, claiming that the subpoena was too broad in its scope and was unconstitutional.
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