| BY DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
THE DA’S PERIL: A passionate student of civil rights movements, Jason Williams cultivated the image of a persecuted Black reformer on the campaign trail and New Orleans voters responded, electing him district attorney in 2020. A progressive coalition bought into his vision of prosecutorial reform, and upon taking office, he delivered it. But the seismic changes have been overshadowed by a crime wave that galvanized his critics and by retrenchments on some campaign promises, and now Williams faces a different and more personal peril. UNFORESEEN: With most abortions newly illegal in Louisiana, some physicians say the state law against terminating pregnancies is having unintended consequences for routine health care of women. (Subscribed to The Louisiana Checkup, our free newsletter about health and health care.) SAFE HARBOR: Following a zigzag path through New Orleans’ Warehouse District, a World War II naval patrol boat reached its final home Saturday, closing out a 79-year career in which it sank three enemy ships in the Mediterranean Sea, hosted fishing parties in New York and ferried passengers around Lake Pontchartrain. Thanks for starting your Sunday with us. You can keep up with the news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 