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Closed Make DNA paternity testing mandatory prior to registration on birth certificate

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To stop misattributed paternity, the Government should introduce free, mandatory paternity tests prior to the registration of paternity on birth certificates.

According to research around 1 in 50 fathers in the UK could be raising a child that they think is biologically their own but is not. The long term heartache for the adult & more importantly the child when this is discovered is long term and could have been limited if identified at birth.

DNA is tested in school experiments, ancestry, medical examinations, treatments & surprise findings will be made. Testing at birth would eliminate these problems later.

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