Singer Meghan Trainor’s Surrogacy is stirring up social media

American pop singer Meghan Trainor32, said last week on Instagram having had her third child with the help of a surrogate. The daughter was born on January 18. Trainor and her husband already have 2- and 4-year-old sons.

By Monday afternoon, the Instagram post had collected almost 37,000 comments, and the case has sparked a lot of discussion about the ethical aspects of the procedure.

Those who commented on the publication on social media have criticized Trainor for, among other things, the commercial exploitation of women’s bodies and, in general, the arrangement where money has changed hands.

The surrogate use is not illegal in the United States. However, it has been in Finland, for example illegal from September 2007, when the Fertility Care Act came into force.

Surrogates have been used by Hollywood stars at least Kim Kardashian, Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicole Kidman. Also a Netflix series Emily In Parisista familiar lead actor Lily Collins said last year that her first child was born with the help of a surrogate.

Trainor said in the publication that she ended up renting the uterus after discussing the matter for a long time with health professionals. According to him, the doctors had determined that womb rental was the safest way for the family to have more children.

“This was the safest way for us to continue raising our family. We are grateful for this opportunity,” Trainor said For People magazine the background of the decision.

Trainor did not tell the magazine the identity of the surrogate, but thanked her for everything.

“He gave us the best gift of our lives.”

Trainor has been in the headlines before, he says Newsweek.

From his 2014 single All About That Bass became one of the biggest hits of the year, but the message of the song, which was interpreted as body positive, was watered down by many later. Namely, Trainor said that she lost weight with the help of diet pills and that she underwent breast augmentation surgery.