A newly married young man told me he is never going to have his own children because “I wouldn’t do this to my wife”...

He probably is living in his own personal issues and doesn’t want to pass any of it onto his kids and ultimately his wife to deal with it

Hmmm, I have to wonder if his wife is the one who feels that way and he is following along with the "happy wife, happy life" thought.

I think he meant he didn’t want to put his wife thru childbirth.

With thousands of generations of evidence it seems clear that women are generally capable of pregnancy and childbirth. Certainly much more so than men.

Yes, I have. They are typically the ones that intelligent women avoid.

depends on his reasoning i'd say the same