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.

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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