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Thanks for the thought-provoking article “Building a Better Baby” [October 22]. I sincerely wish that anyone trying to conceive a child would read Dan Savage’s book The Kid. It seems to me that with all the technological options available, people don’t consider adoption very seriously, and I think this is a mistake. Aren’t compassion and love two of the greatest human values? I found a ton of compassion and love in Savage’s adoption story, even from an admitted cynic like himself. When I hear about couples struggling to conceive by all available means, it doesn’t sound like love to me. It sounds like selfishness and narcissism, really. Why is it so important that a baby have her father’s eyes? A baby needs love and care, not necessarily from someone who looks like her.
Marianne Potje
