Washington correspondent
The US Supreme Court is due to examine this Wednesday the constitutionality of a law passed by Mississippi that restricts abortion to 15 weeks after the onset of pregnancy.
The Court must also render its decision on another law, passed by Texas, which since September has prevented any abortion beyond six weeks.
Democrats fear that a court now dominated by a conservative majority will overturn the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision, and reverse abortion rights in the United States.
They are new, appointed for life.
Arbitrators of the laws, responsible for guaranteeing equality before the courts, the judges of the Supreme Court are also the interpreters of a Constitution drafted at the end of the 18th century, and which remains the keystone of the American republic.
In a deeply divided political climate, between a Congress frequently paralyzed, and a President whose legislative powers are not infinite, the Court has seen its power grow.
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