Rowling getting involved with child welfare

When Harry Potter author JK Rowling saw a newspaper photo of a child in a caged bed in the Czech Republic almost two years ago, her initial instinct was to turn the page.

Rowling getting involved with child welfare

When Harry Potter author JK Rowling saw a newspaper photo of a child in a caged bed in the Czech Republic almost two years ago, her initial instinct was to turn the page.

“I was pregnant ... and vulnerable in the way that a pregnant woman is to those kind of issues regarding children,” Rowling said. “It was an awful image and I almost didn’t want to let it into my head.”

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