Supreme Court Must Stop Left’s Assault on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Americans facing unexpected pregnancies have sought out pro-life pregnancy centers for guidance and support. Last year, these centers surpassed 1 million clients for the first time, according to the pro-life organization SBA Pro-Life America. But the radical left sees helping women to love and care for their unborn baby as an evil that must be stopped, so they are going all out to shut down these centers. The left’s latest attack is to go after the donors to these nonprofit centers. The law has long protected nonprofit donors from having their names disclosed to protect them and the nonprofit organization from intimidation or manipulation.

Radical left groups have used their usual playbook against these Christ-centered, donor-supported volunteer centers: threats, intimidation, vandalism, and even violence. Perhaps their favorite tactic is to have pro-abortion officials use the power of the state in places that they control to weaponize regulations, lawfare, and coercion to try to put these groups out of business — and paint targets on the backs of their donors. Thankfully, the courts have respected the laws in place across the country to protect nonprofit donor privacy. So when a leftist official tries to violate the law, nonprofits can access the courts to protect their First Amendment rights. That was, until a recent ruling in a case out of New Jersey.

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Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a board member at People United for Privacy Foundation.

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Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Americans facing unexpected pregnancies have sought out pro-life pregnancy centers for guidance and support. Last year, these centers surpassed 1 million clients for the first time, according to the pro-life organization SBA Pro-Life America. But the radical left sees helping women to love and care for their unborn baby as an evil that must be stopped, so they are going all out to shut down these centers. The left’s latest attack is to go after the donors to these nonprofit centers. The law has long protected nonprofit donors from having their names disclosed to protect them and the nonprofit organization from intimidation or manipulation.

Radical left groups have used their usual playbook against these Christ-centered, donor-supported volunteer centers: threats, intimidation, vandalism, and even violence. Perhaps their favorite tactic is to have pro-abortion officials use the power of the state in places that they control to weaponize regulations, lawfare, and coercion to try to put these groups out of business — and paint targets on the backs of their donors. Thankfully, the courts have respected the laws in place across the country to protect nonprofit donor privacy. So when a leftist official tries to violate the law, nonprofits can access the courts to protect their First Amendment rights. That was, until a recent ruling in a case out of New Jersey.