By Paul Davis
U.S. Sen.Jack Reed Wednesday urged Russia to reverse a new law that bans Americans from adopting Russian children,
Reed, who met with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the U.S., also asked the Russian government to allow any pending adoptions to go forward.
While the Russian adoption ban is not effective until 2014, Reed said he is concerned that hundreds of families that have already started the adoption process will be left in limbo.
"I appreciate Ambassador Kislyak taking the time to meet with us and hear our concerns. We don't want to see innocent children used as pawns in political disagreements," Reed said.