Ms Elaine Cohalan:

Can I add to Ms von Meding's comment and the Senator's question around inflammatory language? I thank the Senator for that. Similar to Ms von Meding's family, although we had a very different journey in my case, our daughter was born through assisted human reproduction using a known donor and a non-clinical procedure. This is the first thing Kate says to a kid when she meets him or her on the playground and gets on the swing. She puts her shoulders back and says, "I have two moms". She is incredibly proud of her family and we are incredibly proud of her. She knows her story. How we conceived and how her donor gave us a beautiful gift is a source of joy and pride for us. It is the very thing we celebrate as a family. We march on pride parades. We celebrate our story and we tell it very openly. We do not hide in the shadows. We are not ashamed of it. We are exceptionally proud of it.