Address and Respond to The Russian Adoption Ban

On December 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. families starting January 1, 2013. Included in the ban were 46 U.S. families that were in the process of adoption, many of which had already met and formed relationships with their children. As Russia is the third most popular country from which Americans adopt, potentially thousands more in the U.S. will be affected by the adoption ban. President Obama has yet to make a statement regarding this latest act of cruelty by President Putin. We request not only that President Obama publicly denounce Putin's adoption ban, but that he take action to help the 46 U.S. families whose potential legal rights have been usurped by the Russian president.