81.   The Shanghai orphanage now is a model institution that has become a major source of babies for foreign adoption.

82.   The United States is concerned that Americans could be endangered by the report, and that it could also reduce chances for foreign adoptions by U.S. families.

83.   The veto also quieted fears of a moratorium on foreign adoptions, which would have gone into effect while Russian officials worked out how to implement its provisions.

84.   The United States and Canada account for the vast majority of foreign adoptions, and the numbers have been growing.

85.   They also warned that that the current vague phrasing of the proposal may put foreign adoptions in a legal limbo until such agreements are signed.

86.   They argued that would result in a bureaucratic quagmire that would effectively freeze most foreign adoptions.

87.   They have said the new bill would only hinder foreign adoptions, while encouraging adoptions by Russians.

88.   Ukrainian media has been filled with horror stories about foreign adoptions, some newspapers even alleging that certain foreigners were buying children to use their organs in transplants.

89.   Under current law, only children with medical problems, alcoholic or mentally ill parents, or those older or ethnically non-Russian are eligible for foreign adoption.

90.   Under the regulations, children for foreign adoption must come from the center for nurturing elderly and orphans and their transfer must be done through the legal system.