It’s no wonder millennial women are annoyed by Lily Collins’s surrogacy – they can’t afford their own kids

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lily Collins is dealing with a lot more than adjusting to sleepless nights as a new mum: she’s facing an uproar over using a surrogate for her new baby. Some social media users have attacked Collins, who is the daughter of musician Phil Collins, for using a surrogate, accusing her of being part of an “unethical trend” which, feminist and anti-surrogacy critics argue, involves “rich people renting women’s bodies” and is “akin to human trafficking”. Fertility experts have also weighed in on the debate, claiming that surrogacy is big business for celebrities who lack enough body fat needed for regular ovulation – and ask, could this have driven Collins’s decision to use a surrogate, as it perhaps has for countless other celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, Grimes, Paris Hilton, and Sarah Jessica Parker? open image in gallery The ‘Emily in Paris’ actor, 35, and her film director husband Charlie McDowell, 41, shared their ‘endless gratitude’ for their surrogate in an emotional Instagram post According to research, only a quarter of millennials who say they want children are actively trying to get pregnant, blaming financial pressure as the main reason.