Documenting biological families
Paternal discrepancy rates vary between studies from 0.8% to 30% ( Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Sara Hughes and John R Ashton, 2005), however, 'UNCRC Articles 7, 8 and 9 specifically provides for a child's right to be raised by both biological parents, to be identitfied properly at birth and that the government birth registry contain an accurate record of the identity information of both biological and social parents' (Wikipedia without the spelling errors).
This implies a need for universal genetic testing at birth, which has been called for in some other quarters (such as Charles E. Corry).
This would mean that women's 'infidelity' would be policed and documented, as men's cannot be. The reasons for non-biological parentage may be anything from playing away to undisclosed rape. While I don't think this is imminent, the implications and effects on women, families and society are worrying. Corry's call is for testing was on the grounds that (in his argument, judeo-christian) society cannot endure with such uncertainties, however, society (and many others) was built in the climate of similar uncertainty. It now appears that US immigrants' applicant families are being exposed to the impact of rigorous checking of biological ties, without reference to the age of the children and their welfare and withouth regards to the impact on or validity of social family units.
This implies a need for universal genetic testing at birth, which has been called for in some other quarters (such as Charles E. Corry).
This would mean that women's 'infidelity' would be policed and documented, as men's cannot be. The reasons for non-biological parentage may be anything from playing away to undisclosed rape. While I don't think this is imminent, the implications and effects on women, families and society are worrying. Corry's call is for testing was on the grounds that (in his argument, judeo-christian) society cannot endure with such uncertainties, however, society (and many others) was built in the climate of similar uncertainty. It now appears that US immigrants' applicant families are being exposed to the impact of rigorous checking of biological ties, without reference to the age of the children and their welfare and withouth regards to the impact on or validity of social family units.