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Buffett Foundation Fellow

Joseph “Jazari” Kual Zakaria is a 2022 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, double majoring in journalism and broadcasting media production with a minor in English. He worked for the Nebraska Examiner and Flatwater Free Press before launching The Valiant Post. He is also the founder of Kualdom Creations, a broadcasting and media production company in Lincoln, Nebraska.

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, some prosecutors vowed not to prosecute abortion-related cases. Now states are fighting back, passing laws or using executive orders to limit prosecutorial discretion. (Photo by Joseph Kual Zakaria/News21)

Abortion debate spurs new efforts to restrict prosecutorial discretion

MIAMI – After Roe v. Wade was overturned, some prosecutors vowed not to prosecute abortion-related cases. Now states are fighting back, passing laws or using executive orders to limit prosecutorial discretion.

‘How sick is sick enough?’ Abortion bans leave providers and patients questioning when care is OK

While the abortion debate often centers on elective procedures, many happen because of medical emergencies or to end a pregnancy where a baby would not live long, if at all. Yet post-Roe, pregnant individuals have been unable to get needed care because of bans that have left doctors unsure of what procedures they can perform.

Abortion-rights advocates rally in the Nebraska Capitol rotunda on April 12, 2023, in opposition to the Nebraska Heartbeat Act, which would have banned abortion around six weeks. The bill did not pass, but a 12-week ban is now law. (Photo by Joseph Kual Zakaria/News21)

‘Confusing’ and ‘chilling’: First legislative sessions after Roe produce patchwork of laws on abortion

The first full state legislative sessions after the fall of Roe v. Wade produced hundreds of bills that are all over the map on abortion, including proposals to do what was once considered unthinkable: criminalize pregnant people themselves.