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Interview: Patheos Is There a Problem with the Evangelical Adoption Movement?

Posted on May 15, 2013 · Add Comment

I corresponded with Hemant Mehta of The Friendly Atheist at Patheos about The Child Catchers.

“Far from an anti-Christian book, Joyce’s revelations should inspire churches (who have the kinds of resources that make overseas adoptions possible) to work even harder to make sure they’re doing the right thing for the right reasons.”

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Interview: RH Reality Check Adoption Imperialism

Posted on May 14, 2013 · Add Comment

I spoke with Sarah Seltzer at RH Reality Check about the book:

“Kathryn Joyce’s new look at the adoption industry, The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption, contains within its pages true horror stories. Perhaps most shockingly, the book details what appears to be the long-term abuse of a [...]

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Review: Daily Life

Posted on May 13, 2013 · Add Comment

A new review of The Child Catchers is in from the Australian publication Daily Life:

“Joyce is a tenacious reporter and a gifted storyteller, and resists the temptation of neat and simple narratives about good and bad people. She makes it clear that, except in a few cases, the fault lies not with [...]

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Interview: Salon

Posted on May 4, 2013 · Add Comment

I spoke with Laura Barcella at Salon about the book:

“When you think of adoption, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Maybe it’s the vague, rosy notion of a happy ending — of rescue, salvation or (more likely) some do-gooding Hollywood mouthpiece like Angelina Jolie adding kids of various ethnicities [...]

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“I have heard and seaen trafficking of children with families with my own ears and eyes.”

Posted on May 3, 2013 · Add Comment

I’m very honored to share this powerful response to The Child Catchers by Caleb David, an evangelical adoptive father whose family was featured in the book. Read the entire piece at Kingdom in the Midst.

“A year and a half ago I told Kathryn, that our family’s views and the approach [...]

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Review: Al Jazeera

Posted on May 1, 2013 · Add Comment

“Joyce’s book is a powerful call to action, even for those of us who thought we knew something about the ethical issues posed by the adoption industry.”

Jill Filopovic reviews The Child Catchers at Al Jazeera:

What if everything you thought about adoption was wrong? What if there is no international orphan crisis [...]

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TV: Melissa Harris-Perry

Posted on April 28, 2013 · Add Comment

I appeared on the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC to discuss The Child Catchers, along with two of the wonderful sources for the book, adoptee rights advocate Tarikuwa Lemma and Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform board member Karen Moline. Watch below or follow the link to see the entire segment.

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Excerpt: Daily Beast

Posted on April 25, 2013 · Add Comment

A new excerpt from the book is up at The Daily Beast:

In 2009, a van from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, carrying seven young children and babies, was stopped as it drove outside the rural, central Ethiopian town of Shashemene. The children in the van were wards of Better Future Adoption Services (BFAS), a [...]

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Reviews: Boston Globe

Posted on April 24, 2013 · Add Comment

A new review of the book is up at The Boston Globe, which calls The Child Catchers a “razor-sharp investigation into adoption” with “deep and devastating” reporting.

“Well-meaning people can enable tragedy with their good intentions,” Kathryn Joyce writes in this razor-sharp investigation into adoption. Although lauded as a humane and wholly positive [...]

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Reviews: Patrol Mag

Posted on April 24, 2013 · Add Comment

A moving and clear-sighted reflection from Alisa Harris at Patrol Mag: 

The international adoption process can be confusing, murky, and very emotional; I can see why parents ignore warning signs in their deep desire for a child, and how easily agencies can deceive. I believe that my parents did a wonderful thing, but [...]

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