This ten-page paper presents an in-depth discussion on the issue of adoption vs. abandonment. The author of this paper takes us on a tour of the issues of adoption, both open and closed as well as the issue of abandonment. We are given insight through the use of various examples, news stories and anecdotes about the issues at hand and we can compare the two topics ourselves. There were ten sources used to complete this paper. 10 pgs. Bibliography lists 10 sources.