CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 11:39 am

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is backing a coalition of New Jersey pregnancy centers as they ask the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a state investigation into their donor lists and other sensitive documents.

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is asking the high court to block a demand from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin to turn over extensive donor lists with identifying information. The prosecutor is demanding the records as part of an investigation into compliance with “consumer protection” laws.

In their amicus filing at the Supreme Court , the USCCB argued that compelling the donor disclosures would negatively affect groups beyond the pregnancy centers, including churches. The bishops alleged it would hollow out the

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