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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would the point of such a policy be? Seriously, what is the premise of this post?![/quote]
Men want the legal right to establish paternity when they want it or evade paternity when they don’t want it, and they want the law to enforce this in the way that is most convenient for them, so that even if they deposit their sperm inside another man’s wife, they have an easy path to claim the resulting child.[/quote]

Given that the mother could claim or reject paternity of her unmarried partner to either retain sole parental rights or seek child support either immediately or in the future, why shouldn't men have legal rights? Why are you intent on continuing policies that are blatantly one sided?

Before paternity tests there wasn't much of an alternative. But we can do better now.[/quote]

Unmarried mother here. As I said in another post, this isn’t true. At least in this area you can’t just put someone on the birth certificate if they don’t agree and fill out a form in front of a notary. Likewise, there are mechanisms for either party to establish paternity after the birth if they don’t agree. The man can file a legal action to establish his paternity and the mom can file for child support and they will help establish paternity.

A woman can’t just unilaterally saddle someone with paternity or take it away if they aren’t married. I would actually argue that unmarried men have more rights in this situation than married men do. [/quote]

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