{"id":21781,"date":"2026-03-11T07:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=21781"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:55:15","slug":"state-ag-faces-ethics-complaint-over-pregnancy-center-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=21781","title":{"rendered":"State AG Faces Ethics Complaint Over Pregnancy Center Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An ethics complaint has been filed against New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and Chief Counsel Sundeep Iyer over his office\u2019s investigation of pro-life pregnancy care centers.\n<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Center to Advance Security in America, a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization, filed three complaints on Tuesday with the Office of Attorney Ethics of Trenton, New Jersey, and the Attorney Grievance Committee Supreme Court, Appellate Division First Judicial Department of New York.\n<\/p>\n

CASA provided The Christian Post with a first look at copies of the complaints in advance of their submission.\n<\/p>\n

At issue in all three complaints were the oral arguments made by New Jersey before the U.S. Supreme Court last December in the case of\u00a0First Choice Women\u2019s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n

The case centered on whether New Jersey could force First Choice, which operates a network of pro-life pregnancy centers in the state, to disclose its donor lists and other information about supporters under threat of legal penalties.\n<\/p>\n

During\u00a0oral arguments, Justice Clarence Thomas had asked Iyer if the state attorney general\u2019s office had \u201ccomplaints that formed the basis of your concern about the fundraising activities\u201d of First Choice.\n<\/p>\n

Iyer admitted that \u201cwe haven\u2019t had complaints about this specific crisis pregnancy center\u201d but added that state and federal governments \u201cinitiate investigations all the time in the absence of complaints where they have a reason to suspect that there could be potential issues of legal compliance.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

CASA accuses Iyer of possibly violating the Rules of Professional Conduct for New Jersey and New York, while Platkin was accused of possibly violating the New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct.\n<\/p>\n

According to the complaints, Platkin and Iyer violated the First Amendment rights of First Choice when they opted to investigate the pro-life organization \u201cfor no apparent reason.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cPlatkin and Iyer decided to investigate a pregnancy care center for no apparent reason other than a general suspicion that pregnancy care centers operate incorrectly. No complaints led to the investigation, yet they chose to probe into the organization and its donors,\u201d read one of the complaints sent to OAE of New Jersey.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause knowingly depriving someone of their constitutional rights is a federal crime, the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics should investigate Platkin and impose discipline accordingly.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Curtis Schube, director of Research and Policy at CASA, told CP in an interview last week that his organization submitted the complaints as \u201cpart of our mission,\u201d which \u201cis to try to keep different various professionals, including attorneys, especially when they are involved in government, accountable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Schube feels it is important for there to be \u201csome level of accountability for misbehaving attorneys\u201d who are \u201cusing the power of government\u201d in order \u201cto target pregnancy care centers, faith-based nonprofits, especially their donors.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court,\u201d Schube told CP, alluding to the 2021 decision in\u00a0Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, Attorney General of California<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our First Amendment right to be able to donate to places like this and the state has no right to dig into those finances unless there is some very specific investigation, sorry, reason to investigate them.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

CP reached out to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General last week for a response to the complaints. A representative said the office declined to comment.\n<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has not yet issued a decision in\u00a0First Choice v. Platkin<\/em>, though it is expected to do so by the end of June.\n<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published at The Christian Post. Photo Credit: KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA\/Pexels.<\/em>
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