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The non-coming-into-existence of a person who never existed, is different from the death of a person who did exist, and had the opportunity to form preferences, relationships, plans, etc. that would be cut off by death. Not to mention the suffering it would bring to friends and family.
Still, the ethics of bringing people into existence or not are definitely a difficult topic.