Why is there fixation on getting the government to mandate something that people already can do freely? |
Once a man is on a birth certificate it’s very hard to get him off. |
And that’s the way the government wants it, so don’t expect the government to make it easier to have no father indicated on a birth certificate in the first place. |
So the government is going to collect DNA on every child and father? Where are the conspiracy theorists when you need them?! |
You incels can pay and have the testing done yourself anytime. You need therapy. |
Yes, if the mother wasn’t married. This way the government can garnish the sperm donor’s wages for child support. |
PP coming back to clarify. If a state gets rid of access to abortion and forces women to birth babies, the state should help them get the financial support they need to raise the child. |
Yeah, I am surprised Democrats aren't 100% behind this. Sounds like one of their ideas. |
Basically the government doesn't want to be involved in interpersonal drama, so they're simply not going to put themselves into that position. It costs money and leads to more potential costly drama, so from a pure cost standpoint, they don't want to do it. People can pursue their own options easily enough. |
And? If he’s worried about it, he can already request a paternity test. |
Oh yeah, because misogynists and abusers are well known to take into account the wishes of women. This proposition is a solution in search of a problem. There's no epidemic of married men raising children that are not theirs: https://www.kqed.org/science/11450/new-dna-studies-debunk-misconceptions-about-paternal-relationships |
So now you want a nationwide database of men's DNA. Again, where are the conspiracy theorists when you need them? |
They can't. It is incredibly hard for a biological father to can an order for a test to establish paternity. |
I have a friend who knew his wife got pregnant with an AP but didn’t want the child — his own kids sibling — to be fatherless or viewed as less than so out his name in the birth certificate and told everyone he was the father. There’s no reason to cause the child pain if the parents aren’t looking to ask questions. |
How did the real father feel about that? |