I never know if the share links work:
https://www.thetimes.com/magazines/style-magazine/article/the-celebrity-hairdresser-going-down-the-surrogacy-route-alone-l7xlt8nbh
This is a really frustrating article because the comments are closed off and so there's no redress. I think the journalist at least tries to pose some of the arguments here:
Some people are highly critical of egg donation and surrogacy, saying women should not be “wombs for rent” and that no one has the “right” to a baby. Northwood shrugs. “This is modern families now. I’ve grown up with people’s opinions about me being wrong to date men. Keep your opinions to yourself.”
There are some real shockers. Generally there's nothing that isn't about him and his need to for a baby to fix his 'trauma' of having grown up gay - i'm not minimalising the difficulties of coming out but that's not a reason to buy a baby.
He says he 'feels like a pregnant woman' because he's having to make sacrifices like regular STD tests and giving up hair loss medication. Yup, that's absolutely analogous to being pregnant and giving birth.