A US Supreme Court Case over a Subpoena Dispute of Five Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers – Lincoln Wilson, 12/5/25 (3392)

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Lincoln Wilson of Alliance Defending Freedom

Alliance Defending Freedom

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0:37.2	So you don't think it might have an effect on future potential mission to know that their name, phone number, address, et cetera, could be disclosed as a result of the subpoena?
0:48.2	An ordinary person, one of the funders for this organization or for any similar organization presented with the subpoena,
0:56.1	it's not going to take that as very reassuring.
0:59.5	At the U.S. Supreme Court justices, John Roberts and Elena Kagan, speaking earlier this week
1:04.0	during oral arguments in the case of First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Plattkin.
1:10.0	It involves a subpoena issued by the New Jersey
1:13.4	Attorney General requiring, among other things, the disclosure of donor names to this pro-life
1:21.4	pregnancy resource center. Welcome back to Issues, Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to discuss this case.
1:29.1	Lincoln Wilson, Senior Legal Counsel for Alliance to Fetting Freedom, ADF represents five
1:33.9	faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey. Lincoln, welcome. Thanks, Todd. Nice to speak with you.
1:39.7	Why have pro-life pregnancy centers been the legal target of pro-abortion activists and lawmakers?
1:46.0	It's really not clear to me why, because they offer such wonderful services.
1:52.0	You would think that this would be something that the government would encourage and support
1:56.0	when these centers are providing material support to women, relieving the burden from the state.
2:02.6	They're also doing that completely for free and often providing counseling and pregnancy tests
2:09.4	and ultrasounds and that sort of thing along with diapers, baby clothes.
2:14.2	And so it's not clear why these states often antagonize pregnancy centers, but really a lot of
2:20.4	them have close relationships with prominent abortion clinics, and because of that, the
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