Should paternity testing at birth be standard procedure?

IMULTRAHARDCORE · 2014-01-30T02:37:44+00:00

I can't think of any reason not to.

ghebert001 · 2014-01-30T02:33:29+00:00

Women have their own built-in maternity test...it's in their biology. Men only have the word of their wife or gf. Men should have the same certainty that the child is theirs that women take for granted.

xNOM · 2014-01-30T05:22:37+00:00

This should be a requirement for putting a father's name down on the birth certificate. It has gotten cheap and reliable enough to the point where there are no longer any excuses.

There are also many purely medical reasons to do this.

SporkTornado · 2014-01-30T03:28:09+00:00

i don't think paternity testing should be automatic, but I do believe that if a man finds out the child he was paying child support to is not is, he should be allowed to discontinue paying child support.

chavelah · 2014-01-30T04:37:52+00:00

Standard but not mandatory. If the putative father does not want one then fine by me - I don't actually care who made the baby as long as I know who is willingly assuming responsibility for its upbringing.

I think the most important aspect of the test should be discretion - if the putative dad wants it done without informing the mom, that should be possible. Since she says he's the father, it follows that he should have the right to submit his child to a DNA swab without getting her OK.

Number357 · 2014-01-30T03:24:51+00:00

Making it actually mandatory I don't know, that's forcing the father to give up his DNA and forcing the child to give up it's DNA. I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. However, I think that instead, suspected fathers should be informed that there is a significant risk of paternity fraud, and encouraged to submit to a paternity test. All of this should be done without the mother ever knowing. I think the biggest reason fathers don't get tested is because you often can't without the mother's consent, and it's hard to say "Well gee honey, I know we've been married for 10 years but I think you might've cheated on me so I'm going to make sure this is mine." It should be optional, but encouraged and done without informing the mother.

Stephen1985 · 2014-01-30T05:00:58+00:00

Something needs to be done, supposedly the rate of paternity fraud is around 3%, but when you consider how horrible it is 3% is far too high.

mjsansai · 2014-01-30T04:39:04+00:00

Should be standard procedure, women should have no problem with it and neither should men. Keeps everyone hones don't you think?

newmobsforall · 2014-01-30T07:42:53+00:00

For the sake of making sure genetic history is correct, yes, paternity testing should be mandatory. That is an issue dealing with the health and welfare of the child and thus transcends the whims of the parents.

2014-01-30T10:56:21+00:00

Should be.

Even if I'm 100% sure that the kid is mine, I'd still get it tested. All of those other saps were pretty sure, too.

billiegoad · 2014-01-30T03:29:01+00:00

Doesn't matter. The insidious family courts can pin child support on anyone they want, old room mate ? oh you married a woman with children and are now trying to get divorced ? Google the Presumption of Fathers act. The system is becoming more and more hostile towards men. It's time for another Million Man March, only on the state capitols. Black men and white unite !

Goat-headed-boy · 2014-01-30T15:19:23+00:00

Yes it should, and any group that honestly promotes equality as their goal would support this also.

AlphaWookie · 2014-01-30T02:30:16+00:00

I'm on the fence on this one. I don't think we should do what France did and outlaw them. I dislike mandated anything.

levelate · 2014-01-30T02:40:58+00:00

SpaceKraken23 · 2014-01-30T04:38:03+00:00

i dont see why it shouldn't. from what i hear men who dont do it choose not to because they dont want to offend their partners or because they have absolute trust in them. if hospitals made it a standard thing to determine paternity then it would no longer be a mater of trust or offense, they would just have to do it, and fewer people would be suckered as a result.

2014-01-30T08:18:08+00:00

td9red · 2014-01-30T14:48:05+00:00

As long as its covered by insurance.

rogue780 · 2014-01-30T07:28:08+00:00

AlexReynard · 2014-01-30T09:02:13+00:00

Absolutely. It's not only a good idea, but if it happened routinely, individual mothers wouldn't feel like they were being accused of anything. Or at least, they wouldn't have grounds to make a stink over it.

2014-01-30T04:58:17+00:00

Depends on the cost/time, but sure? I think legal parental surrender is a better option, as well as joint custody for the default outside of marriage, but if she gets to know right away, why shouldn't he?

Ma99ie · 2014-01-30T05:57:17+00:00

td9red · 2014-01-30T15:11:38+00:00

Another good reason for mandatory paternity testing is that it may help to reduce infidelity in marriage. If a women knew ahead of time that she would have to get a paternity test in the hospital, she may think twice about infidelity. To be fair, we would have to require pregnant mothers to name all potential fathers such that they could be contacted immediately after delivery and a paternity test performed. This way you could catch cheating men also.

Pecanpig · 2014-01-30T18:16:43+00:00

jojoejoseph · 2014-01-30T21:07:28+00:00

Any and all procedures on yourself or the child requires consent, as it should be. There is nothing denying a parent a DNA test on their child. A presumed father can request this in the hospital, it gets tricky if father is not on the birth certificate and mother is denying him a DNA test. In those situations a father has to go to the court and prove there is a chance he is a father and request DNA testing and a judge hopefully would force the mother to comply.

I think what you are asking is if hospitals should be more forthcoming with DNA consent forms so that fathers don't have to ask for them. There is also cost involved in the testing which the parents must pay. Some parents are okay with this and do the testing anyway, some parents may not want to bother with it because of the cost.

2014-01-31T04:29:59+00:00

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Title	Should paternity testing at birth be standard procedure?
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Date	January 30, 2014 2:27 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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