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Originally Posted by Max'smom
Hi,
Please note that the Ukrainian parliament is voting June 2 on a proposal to impose a moratorium on international adoption, with exceptions made only for families adopting relatives or countries that have bilateral treaties with Ukraine on adoption. I do not know if the US as such a treaty with Ukraine, but I suspect not.
MM
p.s. A lot of independent facilitators work in Ukraine - most state officials and NGOs there seem to view adoption agencies negatively, as commercializing the exchange and commodifying children (they refer to them as "commercial structures").
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Glad you mentioned this. My understanding (I have a brother and sister recently adopted from Odessa) is that if the vote passes, only Russians (internationally) would be able to adopt from Ukraine. Americans would no longer be able to adopt from there.
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