Private Practice, Season 3

Naomi:
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...

Sally:
[picks up a picture of Naomi's daughter] Your daughter?

Naomi:
Uh, yeah.

Sally:
[sits down next to Curtis] She's very pretty, she looks just like you.

Naomi:
Thank you, you know I... I never really see the resemblance, but...

Sally:
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.

Naomi:
Even if you don't select for dwarfism, your child will be a part of you.

Curtis:
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.

Naomi:
No, no I don't.

Sally:
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.

Curtis:
What if you had a 50/50 chance of having a white baby? Would you want a white baby?

Naomi:
It's not the same thing.

Sally:
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?

Curtis:
We're not asking you to clone us, we're just asking what any other parent would come in and ask for.

Sally:
We want what you have, how is that crossing a line?