DisneyGirl4188
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- Aug 16, 2005
That was my exact thought.mytwotinks said:I think that the quote from the lady who wants to make sure she has dwarf kids is kinda strange. She said that anyone who says she can't make sure she has dwarf kids is "playing God." That seems like an odd statement from someone who wants to create their version of the perfect child.
No one is guaranteed that they will have a child that looks like them. I'm sorry, but this is wrong. I feel the same about "designer babies" too. If you're so worried that your child will not turn out "perfect", then you should not be having children.You cannot tell me that I cannot have a child whos going to look like me, Cara Reynolds said.
DisneyGirl4188 said:
Sandy V. said:I read an article a while back about a lesbian couple who were deaf. Their first child (conceived through artificial insemination with a sperm donor who was also deaf) suffered profound hearing loss from birth, which is what the couple wanted.
The article focused on their attempts to have a second child and to "genetically engineer" this one to also be deaf. They did NOT want a child that could hear, in large part because they were part of a very distinct deaf community and they wanted their children to be part of it as well. They succeeded - the second child was also born deaf.
That's what I think too. It's the epitome of selfishness. And how do you ever deal with telling the child that "we deliberately made you this way? I don't know how you could; it would seem to me that it would become some dirty little family secret that no one talks about. Unfortunately, such secrets have a way of coming out, and then there's a REAL mess.cardaway said:Sick to think some kid will have to live with their decision. Sick.
But the survey also has led to a debate about the definition of normal and inspires a glimpse into deaf and dwarf cultures where many people do not consider themselves disabled.
rie'smom said:I'm stunned that anyone would wish pain on a child. Being a dwarf and wanting a dwarf baby is almost understandable if the condition didn't have so many painful side effects. I mean I have back problems that cause me terrific pain -something that I would never wish on someone I didn't like much less my own child.
The traits are, for some, an important part of their cultural identity.
If people in a shared culture all have the common clinical defect, then its maybe not a defect in the traditional sense, Kahn said.
She and her deaf friends see ourselves as fully functional human beings who cant hear. People who wear glasses, are they disabled? No, but if you have hearing aids, to assist with hearing, you are labeled as disabled.