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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas used a surrogate for their daughter’s birth. After facing backlash online, Priyanka said she couldn’t carry the baby for medical reasons

A National Catholic Register Op: Priyanka’s decision to use a surrogate is anti-feminist and anti-Catholic. It’s exploitative to pay women to use their wombs

This Twitter user questioned if mothers who use surrogates really have the same connection with their child as mothers who gave birth to their kids. Read the tweet here

But an Idiva.com Op said it was ignorant to shame Priyanka: People who adopt children are still parents! Giving birth doesn’t make someone a mom, parenting makes someone a mom

Masala.com was also a defender: Priyanka and Nick opted for surrogacy in the U.S., which has strict laws and regulations to protect surrogates. And Priyanka is no less of a mom for using one

But Spiked Online thinks celebrities who use surrogates are problematic: It seems like some celebs are turning to surrogacy for the convenience factor. We shouldn’t normalize surrogacy

National Review agrees: The celebrity surrogate market is troubling. Surrogate pregnancies tend to be high-risk. Celebs are putting young women’s lives in jeopardy

And Grazia Daily said celeb surrogacy is a different class from everyday surrogacy. Celeb surrogacy stories often minimize the amount of physical and emotional labor it takes to bring a baby into the world

On the other hand, a WaPo Op said surrogacy doesn’t deserve its bad reputation: For some people, it’s their only shot at having biological kids