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By Rosie DiManno Star Columnist Tues., May 14, 2019 Alarm over abrogation of reproductive rights is entirely justified. In the U.S., anti-abortionist — absolutists — have made no secret about their longer-range goal: That state bills severely limiting abortions are designed to ultimately overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationally. The hope is that lower court cases, racked up across the country, will encourage the Supreme Court to revisit and reverse abortion rights as defined in 1973. With a court that now leans distinctly to the right, the antis are more emboldened than they’ve been in nearly half a century, optimistic that conservative justices, a majority, will give them what they’ve never stopped fighting for. Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia have already approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur in about the sixth week of pregnancy. Fetal heartbeat laws are all the rage now. … [Read more...] about Anti-abortion activists are wrong — but so is Canadian law