Ms Rachel Rowley-Smith:

I echo what Ms Roberts has said. It is extremely important that the parents who are raising the child are on the birth certificate, but that we do not dismiss the birth mother because, after all, she has done something incredible for these families. It needs to be on some sort of a database to avoid any kind of discrimination or raised eyebrows from people who do not understand the full situation.

I agree with the idea of a time period but once it is passed then that is that. While those six weeks might be quite intimidating and the parents might wonder "What if this goes bad?", it is better than the seven, eight and nine years that my parents had to go through. I am sure they would rather wait six weeks than all of those years and just get it sorted.

We need to make sure, however, that we do not dismiss the birth mother. That information needs to be on some sort of system where it can be easily accessed by the parties who need to access it.