Western Australian Labor MP John Carey has revealed he is a sperm donor for five children, as parliament debates legislation to change the state's surrogacy and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) laws.

Mr Carey gave a personal account of his experience with surrogacy in parliament on Tuesday.

"There is a fundamental change in the way that families are both seen, and viewed, and understood, but also created," Mr Carey said.

"It's normalised. It is no longer viewed as deviant." Loading...

Mr Carey said he was approached by a couple to be a sperm donor.

"I was prepared to, however … my mum was on her brave journey against terminal brain cancer, and accordingly I did not opt to do it at the time," he said.

"However, I was again approached to be an anonymous donor, and given the critical dem

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