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Added on the 18/05/2021 11:04:55 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments in the fiercest challenge to abortion in a generation, as a Supreme Court dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump hears a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- are examining a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
Abortion in America will face its fiercest challenge in a generation when the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump, will hear opening arguments in a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- will sit from 10:00 am (1500 GMT) to examine a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
Pro-choice supporters rally in front of the United States' Supreme Court, in Washington D.C. ahead of a case that may be its most significant in decades on the controversial subject of abortion. At issue is a state law in Louisiana which requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. IMAGES
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared closely divided as it considered its first major abortion case in nearly a decade -- a challenge to a Texas law imposing strict regulations on clinics and abortion doctors. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The US Supreme Court is to hear Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado ballot ban. The question before the nine justices is whether Trump is ineligible to appear on the Republican presidential primary ballot in the state of Colorado because he engaged in an insurrection—the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by his supporters. IMAGES
Exterior shots of the Supreme Court of Senegal as it decides whether a ruling in a defamation case against political opponent Ousmane Sonko is valid. If confirmed, the six month suspended prison sentence could make the presidential candidate ineligible to run in the upcomign presidential elections. IMAGES