3:58 pm ET December 30, 2012
Russia?s President Vladimir Putin has banned adoptions of Russian children by Americans in retaliation for U.S. legislation that punishes human rights abuses. The ban also halts adoptions by American families that are already in progress.
Robert and Kim Summers are one of many families in the process of adopting a child from Russia. Today on Fox and Friends, they spoke out about their heartbreak and pleaded with both the Russian and U.S. governments to let them bring home their son, whom they?ve named Preston. Robert said they are emotionally drained, but remain hopeful they?ll bring him home within the two-week period that?s left.
The couple was supposed to return with their son on January 13, but Russia?s government offices will be closed for the next week and a half for the holidays. ?We don?t know where we?re at,? Kim said. ?Our son is still in [?] in the orphanage.?
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Robert asked President Obama and the State Department to step in and help these children and families. Kim pleaded directly to Russia?s president: ?President Putin, please, you?re a father. You?re a father. It would be as if somebody ripped your child out of your arms. That?s how we feel. You?re tearing out our heart just for a political statement. It is so unfair to these children, it is so unfair. They deserve forever families.?
American families adopt more Russian children than any other country. Despite that fact, President Putin released the following statement, ?There are probably many places in the world where living standards are better than ours. So what? Shall we send all children there, or move there ourselves??
?It?s not a matter of whether it?s better to live here or better to live there,? Kim said. ?It?s that they?re getting loving families that can nurture them and develop them.?
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