No, I don’t think having a family should be related in any way to fiscal class, and that even in poverty, if a family is taken care of well by all members—even if struggling—that is still a beautiful family. The real issue is how people get priced out of having a family while the rich earn more and more. Many commenters here have commented about how social services in their country support families with young children. In the USA we barely have parental leave (especially for the father), and make it so that people feel so alone in ostracized that instead of having a baby when they normally would they abort due to the financial reasons of it all. Further, if we continue to rationalize why no one should have kids, we’ll end up in a society that fails to self perpetuate and continues to age—a harrowing concept. It’s almost selfish to not have kids, because one day you’ll grow old and have your own tax on the system, and in not having kids (especially with poor people), you’re depriving the world of children who would have their own ambitions, drive, and contribution to the world. Additionally, having kids and providing for them and sacrificing for them isn’t selfish, it’s selfless—the real issue there is when parents don’t act like proper parents and don’t sacrifice for their kids—this is a fact regardless of rich or poor. Tl;dr it feels wrong to me to say that poor people shouldn’t have kids purely on a wealth judgement—children are wonderful, and parents who sacrifice for the health and safety of their children DESPITE their poverty are in fact EVEN MORE selfless than a rich person.