The global mitzvah of reproduction

Hi,

[On the mitzvah of attempting to reproduce]

"Certainly, the entire human race is equally obligated. Granted that the mitzvah is not incumbent upon each individual person, the obligation to settle the world is incumbent upon the general human race, per Gd’s desire as expressed in blessing Adam, as well as Noach and his sons, with the blessing of bearing fruit and multiplying. Gd then instructed them, ‘And you shall bear fruit and multiply,’ meaning, ‘This is My desire.’

"For Jews this is established as a mitzvah for each Jew to fulfill, as we were instructed individually in all of the mitzvoth, but others, who were not instructed individually in all of the mitzvoth, were not instructed individually in this obligation. Rather, the Divine blessing of bearing fruit and multiplying, and the expression of Divine desire that they should be involved in settling the world, was upon the nation as a whole."

(Aruch haShulchan Even haEzer 1:5)

Have a great day,
Mordechai