Since October, Iowa City kindergarten teacher stuck in Vietnam limbo with adopted daughter; Bills about $100,000 May 16, 2008
Posted by John in Children, Family, Government, International.Tags: Adoption, International Adoption, Karla Brendler, Madison Brendler, U.S. State Deparment, Hanoi (Vietnam), abandonment, baby buying
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Karla Brendler has been living in Vietnam since October, as she awaits approval from the State Department to bring home her 16-month-old adopted daughter Madison. Amid allegations of corruption and baby buying, the U.S. has suspended adoptions from Vietnam. …
Adoptions can cost about $20,000. But with stalled international adoptions like Brendler’s, costs can rise dramatically. With agency costs, lawyer fees, home studies, travel, extended stay in Vietnam, lost wages, Brendler estimates her bills to be about $100,000.
Brendler sometimes feels that she is being held hostage in Vietnam away from family and friends. …
PHOTO of Karla Brendler and daughter Madison
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How ironic that she has to go half-way around the world and spend 7 months and $100,000.00 trying to adopt a baby while Johnson County remains the Abortion Capital of Iowa where 22% of pregnant mothers pay thousands of dollars to abort their babies - most of them perfectly healthy.
Source: http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/usac/ab-usac2-ia.html
How ironic that she she travel halfway around the world and spend time and money when there are children already born in Johnson County who need homes. http://www.iakids.org
Pro-lifer, go adopt some kids with special needs, then see how much time you’ll have to complain about abortion.