Born Into Care - by Karen Broadhurst & Emily Keddell & Linda Cusworth & Lucy Griffiths & Claire Mason (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A ground-breaking international collection, Born into Care brings together leading scholars, practitioners, advocates and mothers with lived experience to confront the hidden and deeply controversial practice of infant removal at birth.

The first book of its kind, it delivers a powerful critique of the legal, ethical and political systems that perpetuate a practice which disproportionately impacts marginalised families. Topics covered in the book include decision-making at birth, human rights and access to justice, and the intersecting inequities of class, gender, racism and ableism.

Through rigorous analysis and diverse perspectives, the collection challenges dominant child protection narratives and lays the groundwork for systemic transformation.

About the Author

Karen Broadhurst OBE is Distinguished Professor at the Centre for Child and Family Justice, Lancaster University. She is a leading figure in family justice research, including child protection at birth.

Emily Keddell is Professor in the Social and Community Programme at the University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka.

Linda Cusworth is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research at Lancaster University, specialist in family justice research including children in care

Lucy Griffiths is Professor and leading epidemiologist at the Medical School at Swansea University, and a specialist in child health and wellbeing, with her work covering infants born into care.

Claire Mason is Research Fellow at the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, Lancaster University, and leading pioneer of systems change regarding child protection in pregnancy and at birth.