First Choice Women’s Resource Centers has been providing services to pregnant women since 1985. The organization exists to give women the information and resources they need to make life-affirming decisions for themselves and their unborn children. First Choice also provides counsel for both men and women facing unplanned pregnancies to guide them through the situation and help them take control of their lives.
First Choice operates five locations in New Jersey and offers services free of charge. In its nearly 40 years of operation, it has served over 36,000 women facing unplanned pregnancies.
…In February 2022, pro-abortion New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Matthew Platkin as his attorney general. Like Gov. Murphy, Attorney General Platkin has been vocal about his support for abortion. He referred to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization as an “extreme right-wing decision” and a “devastating setback for women’s rights in America,” and he instituted a $5 million grant program to fund abortion training and expand the pool of abortion providers in New Jersey.
Attorney General Platkin has also been vocal about his hostility toward groups that disagree with him about abortion. He has referred to pro-life groups as “extremists attempting to stop those from seeking reproductive healthcare that they need.” And without citing any evidence, he issued a statewide “consumer alert” declaring that pro-life pregnancy centers like First Choice “provide false or misleading information[.]” Not only that, but he asked Planned Parenthood to help him write it.
In November 2023, Attorney General Platkin issued a subpoena to First Choice. He demanded the organization turn over 10 years’ worth of documents including its statements on APR, information provided to clients and donors, documents identifying personnel, copies of every First Choice solicitation and advertisement, and information related to outside organizations it works with. Read more»
Alliance Defending Freedom | “Supreme Court to Hear Case of New Jersey Pro-Life Pregnancy Center” | November 12, 2025
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