adopt him, or to try to exist on his own. Parents may try to persuade the runaway child to return, but it is totally impermissible enslavement and an aggression upon his right of self-ownership for them to use force to compel him to return." Rothbard further argues that "if a parent may own his child (within the framework of non-aggression and runaway-freedom), then he may also transfer that ownership to someone else". This would allow for "a flourishing free market in children", where parents may sell the rights to their child in a voluntary contract. Rothbard explains that the government's prohibition on the sale of children at a price creates a monopolistic market for adoption agencies, resulting in "a large unsatisfied demand by adults and couples for children, along with a large number of surplus and unwanted babies neglected or maltreated by their parents. Allowing a free market in children would eliminate this imbalance, and would allow for an allocation of babies and children away from parents who dislike or do not care for their children, and toward foster parents who deeply desire such children." "In the libertarian society, then, the mother would have the absolute right to her own body and therefore to perform an abortion", and "parents would be able to sell their trustee-rights in children to anyone who wished to buy them at any mutually agreed price." Then, Rothbard discusses the violation of the rights of parents and children by the State in the United States. Rothbard argues that the current state of juvenile law in the country is almost the reverse of the libertarian model, where the State systematically violates the rights of parents and children. According to him, the State seizes children from their parents on various grounds, including child neglect, which violates parental rights. He also explains how religious and personal morality have been dictated by the government. Rothbard then discusses how the rights of children have been systematically invaded by the State, including compulsory school attendance laws, which force children into public schools or private schools approved by the state. The author also argues that child labor laws have prevented children from entering the labor force, and they are often forced into schools that they dislike or are not suited for, leading to them becoming "truants." Finally, Rothbard notes that a significant percentage of juvenile delinquents incarcerated by the State did not commit