Russia May Suspend US Adoptions

Russian officials concerned about treatment of children adopted by Americans are considering suspending all adoptions by US citizens. The Foreign Ministry is weighing the suspension until a new accord with the US is signed allowing officials to better monitor the welfare of children taken to America, reports ABC News. Adoptions were temporarily halted in 2010 when a Tennessee mom put her 7-year-old son on a plane, alone, to Russia with a note pinned to his shirt saying she was returning him because he was "mentally unstable." Another couple was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last year in the death of their 7-year-old adoptive Russian son. They're already out of prison. US citizens have adopted close to 50,000 Russian children in the last 20 years. (More orphanage stories.)