International News

The adoption word is buzzing with day-to-day updates of the Russian bill to ban American adoptions. As I had mentioned in a previous post, we aren't sure what to make of everything yet. Even if the bill passed President Putin it's not clear how long it will take to have an effect.

What does this mean for Canadians? Well, at first I wasn't so sure. We have a close relationship with the USA but we also have a relationship with Russia. To be honest, I'm not that good with politics! But here's what we do know for sure:

In 2011 a Private Member Bill from a member of the Liberal Party in Quebec, Bill C-339, was brought up. This Bill was similar to the one the USA had recently passed, and could cause a similar adoption situation for us.

The Bill did not pass last time. While this is encouraging, recent developments with the USA and Russia could very well influence our policies and draw our government's attention to that bill.

We are very nervous and very scared. We don't know what this means, or if it were to pass what would come of it.

The idea of not being able to fulfil our adoption path is heart-wrenching. We fully believe that this is the right path for us and we are certain we are doing the right thing.

Simply changing to another country is not an option. Yes, we would look, but we've already done that. We chose Russia for many reasons and when something feels right you need to trust it. Russia is right for us, so we ask that our friends and families understand that telling us to simply change countries is like telling an infertile to "relax." Please don't.

We don't have many options left on the road to parenthood. So please think good thoughts and hope that we make it through.