Jill Lear and Kim Lewen both have rooms ready and waiting for children who may not occupy them for months. Both women have been in the process of adopting children from Haiti, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake Jan. 12.

"Though both know their children are safe ... what they don't know is when they'll be able to proceed with their dream of bringing the children to the United States. They fear for their children's safety in the days to come, and that their months-long effort to adopt the children could be stalled by the chaos." (Source: The Associated Press)

Dozens of families have been left in limbo, worried not only about the safety of their adopted children, but also about the paperwork which often takes months to sort out and may now be buried underneath the rubble. On Jan. 14, adoption advocates gathered on Capitol Hill to determine the best way forward.

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