Court Nixes Bid to Stop Michigan Abortion Amendment Enforcement

Anti-abortion activists lacked standing to sue Michigan officials to stop their enforcement of a state constitutional amendment that protects a right to reproductive freedom, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.

Michigan voters enshrined the reproductive freedom amendment in their constitution in 2022 to protect “the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy,” including abortion care. Several state laws subsequently were deemed unconstitutional.

The plaintiffs’ general allegations here that the officials are responsible for executing the state’s laws didn’t support standing because they didn’t allege what each official has done, is doing, or might do to ...