MALVEAUX: Americans trying to adopt children from Russia, they're on edge after President Vladimir Putin signed a bill banning all adoptions to the U.S. He plans to study the final text of the adoption ban, but right now he sees no reason why he should not sign it. If he does, the impact is certainly going to be felt here in the United States where hundreds of Americans have adoptions that are pending right now. Rafael Romo talked to a family in Georgia.</s>RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Jenny and Aaron Moyer describe Natalie as the sweetest four-year-old boy you could ever meet.</s>AARON MOYER, ADOPTIVE FATHER: He's our son. In our hearts, he's our son.</s>ROMO: Natalie lives in an orphanage in Russia where the Moyers visited him a few months ago with the intention of adopting him.</s>JENNY MOYER, ADOPTIVE MOTHER: We know that there's an orphan crisis, particularly with children with special needs in that area of the world, and that is something that we are open to and the child that we are pursuing, Natalie, has Down's syndrome.</s>ROMO: But even though the adoption process is nearly complete, the Moyers who live in Georgia are facing what could be an insurmountable obstacle. The Russian parliament has approved a bill to bar American couples from adopting Russian children. President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign it into law.</s>ADAM PERTMAN, DONALDSON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: If what they say is going to happen really happens, those families are not going to be able to adopt the kids even if all the legal processes already have been in place. But much more important, let's focus on the children. What it means is those children will remain
Putin Plans to Sign Anti-U.S. Adoption Bill