Once we start down the road of choosing characteristics for our children, I don't... I don't know where that ends. It's not something that our practice does. I do want to work with you, I do, but, um...
[picks up a picture of Naomi's daughter] Your daughter?
Uh, yeah.
[sits down next to Curtis] She's very pretty, she looks just like you.
Thank you, you know I... I never really see the resemblance, but...
Of course you don't, you take it for granted having a child that looks like you. But what if someone told you you couldn't have your daughter? Your own daughter, who's like you in so many ways.
Even if you don't select for dwarfism, your child will be a part of you.
What do you see when you look at me? It's a hard question for a tall person to answer, because all you see is the dwarf.
No, no I don't.
When I look at Curtis, I see an accountant. A husband. And those things are what our friends see. If we have a child who's five ft. ten, they'll look at him the other way people look at us.
What if you had a 50/50 chance of having a white baby? Would you want a white baby?
It's not the same thing.
It is. You'd love that white baby, but everyday people would question whether she was yours. They'd whisper, like they'll whisper about our tall child. Would you want that for your child?
We're not asking you to clone us, we're just asking what any other parent would come in and ask for.
We want what you have, how is that crossing a line?
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