I don’t think it’s a “very disturbing choice of words” at all.
The cost of bringing the baby “home” was $3,000.
Get over your holier-than-thou antagonism toward adoption.
FWIW, the adoption process brings out the crappiest jerks in the world, worse than used car salesmen. The bureaucrats and lawyers who prolong the process so they can profit are absolutely jerks who I pray will end up in hell.
And, yes, money is expended to bring the child home. That is a tragedy, but that is the fact of the matter.
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Antagonism toward adoption? You assume too much.