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U.S. Supreme Court allows faith-based pregnancy center to challenge donor subpoena

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The U.S. Supreme Court said a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center may challenge a state subpoena demanding donor information. The court in a unanimous ruling April 29 decided the case could proceed in federal court, reversing a lower court decision that had deemed the lawsuit premature. The pregnancy center had raised First Amendment concerns about whether it could immediately assert its right...
This case sits at the intersection of several high-stakes cultural and legal battles: abortion access, religious liberty, donor privacy, and the scope of state regulatory power. The Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling is procedurally narrow—it doesn’t validate or invalidate the subpoena itself—but it signals a willingness to protect the right to challenge government demands for sensitive information in federal court. The alignment of disparate groups, from the ACLU to the Trump administration, sugg...