 Given a choice, what parent wouldn t pick good health for their baby, over a life-threatening disease? Science is making that choice possible for a growing list of genetic conditions. That s the good news. The bad news is the choices aren t always so clear-cut and may change how society deals with people who are perceived as  different . This film discloses the challenges faced by families with hereditary disorders, who must now decide what parents just a generation ago couldn t even imagine--whether or not to have a child "in their own image." It s a rare glimpse into what the future has in store for the rest of us as tests reveal more and more about what s in our genes. In Our Own Image follows two couples planning the birth of a child who may inherit their own genetic condition (dwarfism in one case, cystic fibrosis in the other). For them, these are life-or-death questions.