“Although the good things in one’s life make it go better than it otherwise would have gone, one could not have been deprived by their absence if one had not existed. Those who never exist cannot be deprived. However, by coming into existence one does suffer quite serious harms that could not have befallen one had one not come into existence.”
— David Benatar
The Unborn Can’t Miss Out On The Good Stuff
No Desire, No Consent
Suffering Is Unavoidable
Existing Life In Need of Help
"Those who do indeed decide to have a child might do so for any number of reasons, but among these reasons cannot be the interests of the potential child. One can never have a child for that child’s sake."
— David Benatar
Parenthood Regret
Birth Defects
Escapism
"Although it is readily acknowledged that inflicting a severe hardship on an already existent person would clearly be wrong and would merit legal action, inflicting that same hardship on a future person by bringing the person into existence is treated quite differently."
— David Benatar
