A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to undo a voter-approved constitutional amendment enshrining the right to reproductive health care in Michigan.

U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney said anti-abortion organizations, led by Right to Life of Michigan, lacked standing to challenge the state's abortion laws because they failed to show imminent injury.

"The allegations in the complaint fail to establish standing for any individual plaintiff. The allegations also fail to show a direct injury to any organization. Because none of the induvial plaintiffs have standing, the organizations cannot show standing based on standing of their members," Maloney wrote in a Sept. 30 ruling.

Along with anti-abortion groups, three Republican state lawmakers — Sen. Joseph Bellino, R-Monroe, and Re

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