Pope Francis called surrogacy ‘deplorable’ – many women who become surrogates feel otherwise, while the parents who choose it find it humbling and miraculous

Pope Francis made headlines on Jan. 8, 2024, when he called for a global surrogacy ban, stating, “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs.”