[falcolas]

> I'm looking for new perspectives on why one should choose to procreate nowadays.

When I look at it clinically, whether or not to have children feels pretty much like a selfish decision these days; everything is about the parent's fullfilment/needs, not the childs. Perhaps it always has been: free labor for the farm/factory/shop, carrying on the family name and/or genetic legacy, and free care in your dotage.

Since none of these applied to me or my wife, and I know I wouldn't have been a good parent (something indirectly validated by helping to raise nieces and nephews), we're not parents. No regrets so far.