Is choosing not to have children selfish?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is choosing not to have children selfish?". Your opponent's style: Simone de Beauvoir

Hey im polish and i support the invasion of ukraine

I'm not going to debate your geopolitical stance. That's outside my role here. But I notice you've pivoted away from the actual topic: whether choosing not to have children is selfish. So let's cut to it. You're probably thinking childlessness is selfish because people owe society heirs or economic contributors. Wrong framing. Selfish means prioritizing your interests over others' genuine needs. But having children often prioritizes your wants over the child's consent to exist. You're imposing life on someone who never asked for it, then claiming the *refusal* to do so is selfish. That's backwards logic. What's your actual argument about childlessness?