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> DAN tests without your partner's consent or a court order, are not legal in several countries, like France for example. I want to know the rationale behind t
by thefz 2y ago
> DAN tests without your partner's consent or a court order, are not legal in several countries, like France for example.
I want to know the rationale behind this but I'm quite sure it's some "but think of the kiiids" catholic rhetoric.
- benterix 2y agoIt is. But obviously people do it anyway: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/french-men-s-insecurity-over-paternity-of-offspring-creating-a-society-of-doubt-1.773569 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/french-men-s-insecurity-over... The only problem is, after you've done it, and it turns out the child is not yours, you have two problems.
- crossroadsguy 2y ago> In France, a country where infidelity is more often regarded as pleasure than sin, the percentage may be higher. No wonder France decided to ban the tests
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoEU freedom of speech attitude in a nutshell: when the truth is uncomfortable, you just ban it. Problem solved.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoThe rationale is that apparently due to rampant adultery a lot more fathers than previously thought are raising another man's kids without knowing it (apparently about 10% last time I read about it, also on HN) and since raising kids to adulthood is very expensive and so if the men could easily find out their kids are not their own, then the man can legally opt-out of that financial responsibility then the French state/taxpayer has to pick up the tab for the mother's adultery. So if you make it nearly impossible for men to ever find out, they'll be legally bound to pay for the upbringing of whoever their partner gives birth to, reducing the financial liability of the state. But the official reason from the state is something along the lines of "we don't want to put kids/families through unnecessary stress". Basically men have to be cash cows regardless.
- thefz 2y ago> then the French state/taxpayer has to pick up the tab for the mother's adultery Why not the biological father? That would make sense.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoHow would the state force the mother to track down the men she slept with and get them to do paternity tests to prove they're the ones responsible to pay child support? Sometimes the father can be from a different country.
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- hdjjhhvvhga 2y agoIn theory, yes. In practice, it would mean finding and forcing all potential fathers to do the tests. Hard to imagine anyone would agree to that.