@claire Said A recent poll showed that DNA tests are on the rise in Austraila, between 5000 and 6000 tests done each year. And 70per cent are intiated by women. These women know the father won't want to be involved so request a paternity test for child support reasons.
But men are also iniating tests, often because they suspect they're not the biological father. About 20 per cent of samples sent to the lab reveal non-paternity.
Then there's so-called "paternity fraud", which gets men's rights groups in a lather, these are the groups recommending compulsory paternity tests at birth.
Whether or not deliberate duping is as common as they fear, it's brought the mother's invovlement into the equation.
In an ideal scenario, the mother and the alleged father would both be willing to submit to the test. But currently, the law doesn't prevent the man from carrying out the test behind the mother's back. And in a recent survey, nearly a quater of people felt comfortable with the idea of "motherless" testing.
Can i ask what are trying to get at??
Are you for DNA dtesting so that people know the truth?? or against.. because figures like that dont reflect real when the father has to pay a s*** load of money to prove he isnt the father or is.. The figure talks about people that take the test.. how about the real fiqure that dont take the test?? Its all media spin.. the truth is people cant be trusted..