Please, please write

** Mostly borrowed from other blogs... in this case plagiarism is desired.


Please take a moment to write your congressmen/women, the state dept, whoever will listen and then encourage your friends and family to do the same!  Thank you!

Below you'll find a letter that you can use or by all means, write your own. 
To send a letter to your congressmen/women:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

To send a letter to your senators just click on the state and follow the link:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm


Dear (name),

On November 2, 2010, the Ukrainian parliament voted to proceed with voting on legislation that would halt all international adoptions until inter-country adoption agreements are in place (see the State Dept. announcement at http://adoption.state.gov/news/ukraine.html) . At this point, all that is needed for this to become law is one more vote in Ukrainian parliament and a signature by the Ukrainian president. This could happen any day.


If it does, many families and innocent children will be greatly affected. Many of these families are adopting older children who have a very short time-frame before no longer being eligible for adoption.  American families adopting these children in the NEXT MONTHS offer them what may be their only opportunity at a normal and productive life free of crime, prostitution, or institutionalization due to illnesses that are treatable in the United States. I personally know one of these families.

I am writing to you to URGE you to act quickly on this matter by completing two actions. First, contact your Ukrainian counterparts and request a consideration of revision of the law to allow adoptions to proceed while the agreement is being drafted (as was done in Russia).  Secondly, work with your colleagues in congress to begin drafting this agreement so that it is ready to go in the event the law passes.

Thank you for your timely consideration of this urgent matter!