Attention CCAI Family! China’s recent decision to close its adoption program has left pending adoptions in limbo. Waiting families remain hopeful, and we are advocating alongside them, urging Congress and the President to support the unification of these children with their families. Ten members of Congress have already joined us, but we need more—and time is short. If adoption has touched your life, please call and/or email using the script below before tomorrow at noon, 10/31.
SUBJECT LINE IF EMAILING: The Deadline is Tomorrow at noon EST. Please Sign the Letter to Biden on China Adoptions!
Dear [Senator/Representative],
[My child’s/My friend’s child’s/My grandchild’s/My niece’s/My nephew’s] adoption is one of nearly 300 long delayed by the pandemic and then placed in limbo last month by China’s decision to end international adoptions going forward. We need your help.
Just last Friday, the US State Department confirmed that China is inviting matched families from Europe to complete their pending adoptions despite the closure of China’s international adoption program. We are advocating for precious children matched with waiting families in the US to be given the same opportunity.
Will you sign the bipartisan letter co-led by Sens. Grassley and Cardin and by Reps. Houchin and Hoyle asking President Biden to intervene on behalf of these children who so desperately need their promised families? We remain hopeful that — as happened following Russia’s closure of adoptions in 2012-13 — our government will be able to make a pathway for already-matched children to join their promised families.
This is a humanitarian issue that transcends borders and politics. Please add your name to the Republicans and Democrats asking Biden to call on the PRC to keep its word by uniting children with the loving families they were promised.
Senators as of 10/29
- Grassley (R-IA) – co-leader
- Cardin (D-MD) – co-leader
- Brown (D-OH)
- Ernst (R-IA)
- Fetterman (D-PA)
- Wyden (D-OR)
Representatives as of 10/29
- Houchin (R-IN) – co-leader
- Hoyle (D-OR) – co-leader
- Graves (R-MO)
- Stauber (R-MN)
To sign on or if you have any questions, please get in touch with Garrett Arbuckle in Senator Grassley’s office at Garrett_Arbuckle@grassley.senate.gov.
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