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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can think of no better way to increase the number of abortions. In the real world, many married women who cheat are also having sex with their Hs. When they get pregnant, they may not know which of 2 men--or more--is the father. If the woman and her H are together and he doesn't know about the cheating, she is likely to choose to keep the child.

If, however, she knows she's  going to have to have the child take a paternity test as soon as it's born, it's more likely she'll choose to have an abortion rather than blow up her marriage, especially if there are other older kids in the mix. And she may well end up aborting her H's child.

Plus these tests are not foolproof. I know this is a different situation, but there is a case where a woman was accused of welfare fraud because her DNA didn't match that of any of her 3 children. The state where she resided required maternity and paternity tests when welfare payments for kids are sought.  Her ex-partner argued that he shouldn't have to pay support because he agreed to have children with her. He argued that she "must have" used donor eggs without discussing it with him. So, he could escape his child support obligations because of her fraud.

Thing was...she was a chimera but didn't know it. Short version: she had 2 different sets of DNA.In her case, the DNA her kidsi nherited was not the one that showed up in blood work. The DNA in her blood was NOT inherited by any of her kids.https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/case-lydia-fairchild-and-her-chimerism-2002

Now...granted this was an unusual case--though not unique. It does show that blind reliance on DNA is unwarranted because a MAN can be a chimera too and thus may  hand one set of his DNA down to his kids while the other shows up on a DNA test.

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That’s rare and not a good reason not to do it. [/quote]

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