31.   Whether they were not given complete information or overestimated their ability to cope, many couples went ahead with foreign adoptions.

32.   Other countries also permit foreign adoptions.

33.   Prospective parents work through foreign adoption agency representatives, who make contacts with orphanges in China.

34.   And in July, the Ukrainian parliament passed an adoption law, imposing new, tougher rules for foreign adoption.

35.   Approval by the State Duma provided relief for hundreds of prospective parents despite confusion about a temporary suspension on foreign adoptions.

36.   Aparina and her allies said foreign adoption agencies often bribe Russian officials to arrange illegal adoptions.

37.   But foreign adoption has struck a nerve with some communists and nationalists, who say the process constitutes baby-selling.

38.   But foreign adoption from Communist Vietnam is relatively new.

39.   But the boom in foreign adoptions in recent years has created a child-trafficking problem.

40.   Confusion reigns over what exactly the vaguely worded bill would mean for foreign adoptions.