Supreme Court unanimously slaps down blue state targeting pro-life group
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The Supreme Court unanimously sided with a group of faith-based pregnancy centers on Wednesday that challenged the New Jersey attorney general’s investigation into whether the centers misled donors and the public about steering women away from having abortions.
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The case was brought by First Choice Women's Resource Centers, a group of five Christian-based facilities in New Jersey that provide various pre-natal services to women facing unplanned pregnancies. The Supreme Court found the centers' First Amendment rights were violated, handing a victory to the pro-life movement, which had argued the state investigation rattled the centers' donors.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, who authored the opinion, rebuked the New Jersey attorney general's office, which was led by Matt Platkin at the time the case was brought and is now led by Attorney General Jennifer Davenport. Gorsuch said New Jersey's subpoenas for donor information did not align with longstanding court precedent.
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"Over and again, we have held those demands burden the exercise of First Amendment rights," Gorsuch wrote. "Disputing none of these precedents but seeking ways around them, the Attorney General has offered a variety of arguments. Some are old, some are new, but none succeeds."
Fox News Digital reached out to Davenport's office for comment.
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Fox News' Bill Mears and Shannon Bream contributed to this report.