| This issue marks my last anchoring the About US newsletter before Rachel Hatzipanagos returns from leave next week. I've loved getting to know you all over the past six months and having fascinating conversations about race and identity. Moving forward, I'll keep contributing stories to The Post, specifically about Asian American communities. Thanks for reading About US! Florida is at the center of many political controversies. Between Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis's statewide ban on the AP African American studies course (which we've covered in a previous newsletter), efforts to ban diversity and inclusion initiatives in colleges, and attempts to expand the state's "Don't Say Gay" law, Florida has repeatedly come under national scrutiny. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Florida quickly enacted a law banning abortion after 15 weeks, with a couple of exceptions, including one that allows for the termination of a pregnancy if two doctors certify that the fetus has a fatal abnormality. But for the Dorbert family in Lakeland, Fla., this law's impact has been devastating. Doctors told Deborah Dorbert that she would have to carry the fetus to term despite its having a fatal abnormality called Potter syndrome. The Dorberts' newborn is expected to only live for 20 minutes to a few hours. "Deborah Dorbert is devoting the final days before her baby's birth to planning the details of the infant's death," Frances Stead Sellers wrote in her gripping story on the Dorbert family and the Florida law that has made their lives miserable. Read Sellers's story and more of The Post's abortion coverage here (including some stories I wrote on the Dobbs decision and its impact, and a story with Sellers on reproductive care).  (Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post) Halfway through the pregnancy, a routine ultrasound revealed the fetus had devastating abnormalities, pitching the couple into the uncharted landscape of Florida's new abortion law. By Frances Stead Sellers ● Read more » | | | | 
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