... What are the guy's best options under these circumstances to protect the baby's life and health while protecting his right to prove he is or is not the father? Anyone have any advice?My advice to you, young Jedi, is to stick to your guns. Resist all temptation to give in to the pressure.
Remember, someone's FUTURE this is that you deal with.
The child's DNA can be sampled from the amniotic fluid, so completely non-invasive it is to the child. The doctor either lying is, or kept up with prenatal medicine for the last 30 years he has not.
Wait for the DNA test, boy. To impulsively sign the birth certificate, well, that may lead to heartbreak, and heartbreak inevitably leads to the Dark Side.
Take my advice yourself, young Jedi, or to your friend pass it along.
“The child’s DNA can be sampled from the amniotic fluid, so completely non-invasive it is to the child.”
Well, kinda. The amnio procedure carries a small (like .2% or something, but 2/1,000 add up in a big country) risk of miscarriage.