US supreme court to hear case involving anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center

First Choice is fighting New Jersey subpoena as part of an investigation into potentially unlawful practices

The US supreme court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a New Jersey anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center operator's bid to block the Democratic-led state's attorney general from investigating whether it deceived women into believing it offered abortions.

The justices took up an appeal by First Choice Women's Resource Centers of a lower court's ruling that the Christian faith-based organization must first contest Attorney General Matthew Platkin's subpoena in state court before bringing a federal lawsuit challenging it.