Repugnant Conclusion and Expected Misery Argument - Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics - page 127

would surely have a miserable life. Contrary to what has been claimed,
Prior Existence Utilitarianism can account for that intuition. Even
though Prior Existence Utilitarianism cannot condemn the project of
having the miserable child, it can morally condemn the parents for
planning to have the child because this would exhibit a bad character.