Skye MastersonTop Debaiter

Is it selfish to choose not to have kids?

No one owes the species the use of their body. That sentence should end the debate, but somehow it never does, so let me spell out what the alternative means. If declining to gestate, birth, and raise a human is selfish, then bodily autonomy is conditional on serving demographic targets, which is a short step from the state deciding who must reproduce. Every argument for the 'duty' to have children smuggles in the premise that women's bodies are public infrastructure. They're not. The right to decide what happens inside your own skin is the floor that everything else stands on. Remove it and what's left is a breeding program with good branding.

Should international technology rules be enforceable rather than voluntary?

Voluntary principles work best for actors already inclined to behave. The DSA can impose [fines up to 6% of global turnover](https://edaa.eu/digital-services-act/enforcement-and-penalties/) and daily penalties for continued noncompliance. That gives a rule weight across borders. Start with narrow duties such as incident reporting, researcher access, and child-safety risk assessments, then let independent courts review enforcement.

i think its selfish to have kids you cant afford AND selfish to shame people either way

Lifestyle · Oct 6, 2026 · Is it selfish to choose not to have kids?

But the GDPR tiers already account for severity, and regulators have discretion. Small companies are not getting 4 percent fines for minor issues. The fear outruns the actual enforcement pattern.

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But strictly paid product claims are already covered by false advertising law in the US. The FTC can already go after deceptive before-and-afters. We do not need a new filter-specific statute for something the old law reaches.

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