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You want the court to be frontloaded in favor of a woman's "choice" and at the same time are against abortion? I think they call that "unintegrated values". The "family" court system already stinks with that particular odor, you are evidently happy to note.

Don't put words in my mouth.

I had asked when paternity can be established. On this thread, Green says paternity can be established prenatally:

To: Catspaw

Can paternity be established by DNA testing in the first trimester?

Yes it can. There are two different prenatal methods for determining paternity. One can be done in the first trimester between the 10 and 13 week which is referred to as Chorionic Villi Sample and the other method (amniotic fluid) can be done early in the 2nd trimester anytime during the 14 to 24 week.

60 posted on 8/6/02 9:08 AM Central by Green
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This means, if this guy has his way, paternity can be established as early as the first trimester. This also means that custody can be established--at least legal custody, because, prenatally, he cannot share physical custody (actual physical custody would have to wait until the child is born). It also means that the courts could also set child support and payment of medical and hospitalization expenses from the late first trimester onward. Now I'm sure the vast majority of men would do this willingly, if not gratefully, there may be a very few men that would protest payment of support and health care expenses, but the child support agency would insist, backed by a court order.

CVS is too dangerous, it shouldn't be done unless there is already a very good reason to suspect something could be wrong with the baby.

That aside, the whole concept of genetic testing making men any more pregnant than they already are is absurd.

Until men get pregnant, they will not have equivalent interests or rights. The woman will always have more at stake than the man. End of story.

I don't see how prenatal paternity has anything to do with my posts. Are you in favor of frontloading the court system in favor of a woman's choice, without regard to that of men or not?