This may be the last big opportunity to advocate for children in China who are waiting to be united with their adoptive families in the U.S.!
Last month, pending China adoptions were left in a state of uncertainty when China closed its adoption program going forward. But waiting families haven’t given up hope. And neither have we. Through Congress, we are asking the President of the United States to personally take up the cause of uniting these vulnerable children in China with their promised families in the U.S.
Ten members of Congress have joined our effort already, but many more are needed and time is running out! Please ask your friends and family to call and email your representatives TODAY!
The deadline for Members of Congress to sign the letter to President Biden is noon tomorrow, 10/31.
Please call or email your representatives today using the following script:
SUBJECT LINE IF EMAILING: Deadline 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 grandchld’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 matched families from Europe are being invited by China 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 which 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 (R-IN)
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 contact Garrett Arbuckle in Senator Grassley’s office at [email protected].
We are so grateful for your compassion for children in China. Every child deserves to grow up in a loving family, not an orphanage. Thank you for uniting with us in this effort!
