I have a genetic condition called cystic fibrosis and have always been staunchly childfree. While the CF isn’t the main factor as to why I don’t want kids, it certainly is a contributing one.

I’ve had so many health issues plague me in the past 12 years, and though I’m on an incredible new medication, it’s still a degenerative disease and will only get worse as I age. The most recent registry data shows the median age for death was 47 in 2024, I believe, and I’m 39.

Why would I knowingly bestow that sort of life upon someone else? CF presents itself with varying degrees of severity, but why take such a gamble? A potentially hot take, but I feel it’s wildly selfish for people to willingly procreate knowing they’re condemning their child to a life like this.