Is it selfish to choose not to have kids?

Childcare in most US cities now costs more than in-state college tuition, often $12,000 to $15,000 a year per kid (Child Care Aware), while wages for typical workers have barely budged in decades once you adjust for inflation. Refusing to bring a child into a one-bedroom apartment on gig income, into a life of financial precarity you can already see coming, is the one responsible decision in a landscape of bad options. The selfish act would be having the baby anyway because your parents want a grandchild, then raising that kid on stress and credit card debt.