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Ishaan comments on Stupid Questions Thread - January 2014 - Less Wrong
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Making a person and unmaking a person seem like utilitarian inverses, yet I don't think contraception is tantamount to murder. Why isn't making a person as good as killing a person is bad?
ETA: Potentially less contentious rephrase: why isn't making a life as important as saving a life?
Possibly because...
You have judged. It's possible that this is all there is to it... not killing people who do not want to die might just be a terminal value for humans, while creating people who would want to be created might not be a terminal value.
(Might. If you think that it's an instrumental value in favor of some other terminal goal, you should look for it)