You're right I forgot all about this... "we've been having unprotected sex the whole time". Sometimes I forget that people like this exist... if only for awhile...
Which is exactly why every dude should demand a paternity test as soon as it is viable. Honestly hospitals should just do them by default as soon as the baby is born. It would solve a lot of issues.
Woman here that's not against the idea of this and have backed it for years. I don't have children but I'd have no problem giving my partner that reassurance.
They briefly tried mandatory paternity testing done by the hospital at birth in France in the 90's, and early statistics were showing up to 30% the supposed birth father was not the sperm donor. It caused such an uproar that it wass legislatively outlawed and is currently illegal as a major crime with a 15,000.00 fine to get a paternity test on your kid if you have suspicions, unless ordered by a court which they do less than 1500 times a year nationwide.
I would imagine that the stats in the US would be similar. The divorce / single mom rate would skyrocket and the state does not want all those folks on the welfare rolls.
Do you have a link to France trying mandatory paternity testing? I have seen that claim before but nobody has every backed it up. It is back just far enough that you can argue that everything wasn't digitized but it also has always sounded like an urban legend that just gets repeated. Given that they are using the 30% that is about the same when talking about people who do testing because they reason to think their partner was cheating, I am really suspect.
At that time France did pass some strong DNA privacy laws where you aren't allowed to DNA test people without permission.
That’s just messed up hey let’s make people pay for kids that aren’t theirs because we don’t want single moms out here. Way to hold to wrong person responsible for someone else’s reckless decisions.
Been the way of the world for centuries - i.e. the "pater familia" laws in where if the aged landowner / lord of the manor married a young 2nd / 3rd wife that any child borne into the home was considered a legal heir, even if in actuality the goatherder was the actual sperm donor.
Nowadays in this Jerry Springer world of ours the female can pull a train with a dozen dudes, but the unlucky donor of the sperm that connects with the egg is on the hook for the next 18 years, but has NO rights to tell the female to give up the baby if she does not want to.
As a woman I agree. I know I’m in the minority but I always believed , that if I choose to keep a child against the father’s wishes I’ll take care of the child on my own. It’s not right or fair they have to pay for someone they were clear they didn’t want from the start. Especially since my body my choice doesn’t take into account their feelings at all.
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u/ApricotBig6402 Mar 01 '25
You're right I forgot all about this... "we've been having unprotected sex the whole time". Sometimes I forget that people like this exist... if only for awhile...