"rewritten their brains"... conceiving, carrying, birthing, raising a child is not like picking a favorite beverage or ice cream flavour, and changing the choice as you evolve. It's not something you set your mind about, and change it a couple weeks later as a result of a mood swing, or because of an influential article or a comment on the web.

"reproduction ... good and necessary"... people don't get kids because it's "good", and certainly not because it's "necessary"... They're a little more to it.

and no, you either read all of the 759 comments, or you didn't. Also, skim through ≠ read.