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

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Listen, the entire premise is corrupted from the start. Choosing not to have children isn't selfish—it's honest. A selfish act serves your interests at someone else's expense. But there is no "someone else" yet. You're not denying anything to a child who doesn't exist. What *is* selfish is bringing life into the world for your own fulfillment, your own legacy, your own need to matter. We've turned reproduction into an ego project. The truly conscious choice—the one demanding genuine sacrifice of desire—is recognizing you don't need to create another human to live meaningfully. That takes far more courage than following biology's whisper.