China adoption fallout: US lawmakers urge Biden to help families after Beijing ends scheme
Some 300 children on mainland had been matched with adoptive American families when the ban was announced in August
In an open letter, the 103 lawmakers comprising Democrats and Republicans, appealed for the families who were “left in a state of uncertainty about the completion of their adoption” from China.
They also voiced concern for the Chinese children already matched with the American families. Beijing in late August said foreign adoptions from China would no longer proceed.
Some 300 children on the mainland, many of whom are disabled, had been matched with adoptive families in the US when the ban was announced.
Lawmakers and others have argued that this could be the children’s last chance to to be cared for by a family, as their chances of being adopted domestically are low.
“We request that you act in the best interest of these children and families by urging the PRC to fulfil and uphold the commitment the country has made,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter to Biden.
