"Throwaway Children"

The historical novelist Caleb Carr recently presented a crime novel (cf., https://www.amazon.com/Surrender-New-York-Caleb-Carr/dp/0399591559), which largely dealt with present day children described as "throwaway."  Carr describes yet more victims of a society in which many place minimal value on the sanctity of human life.

"According to the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children, more than 2,100 children are reported missing every day in America. Add to that the fact that 1 in 6 runaways is likely to become a victim of sex trafficking, and the need to urgently deal with this crisis becomes clear....

[Legislation needs to] "allow victims of sex trafficking to seek justice against websites that knowingly facilitate crimes against them; eliminate federal liability protections for websites that assist, support or facilitate a violation of federal trafficking laws; enable state law-enforcement officials, not just the U.S. Department of Justice, to take action against individuals or businesses that violate federal sex- trafficking laws"

(http://www.vindy.com/news/2017/aug/29/sen-portman-takes-aim-at-sex-trafficking/?mobile)