ADOPTION RIGHTS
- In many states, unmarried fathers have no say in decisions whether to put the baby up for adoption.
- Articles:
- American Academy of Adoption Attorneys: Birth Father Rights
- Adoption Network: Birth Father Rights in Adoption
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
- Upon becoming pregnant, a woman can choose to have the baby or get an abortion. Men have none of these rights.
- Newsweek editorial: Give Men Reproductive Rights, Too
- Article: How the Paternal Brain Is Wired by Pregnancy
Strategies and Solutions:
- Assertively speak out when men’s reproductive are ignored.
PATERNITY FRAUD
- Definition: Paternity fraud is the intentional misidentification of a child’s biological father by his or her mother.
- Research: Measuring Paternal Discrepancy and its Public Health Consequences:
- Overall median: 3.7%
- Mexico: 11.8%
- Canada: 4.0%
- France: 2.8%
- United Kingdom: 1.4% to 1.6%
- Switzerland: 0.8%
- Social Media:
- Articles:
- SAVE: Paternity Fraud Continues to be a Devastating Problem for Some, But Progress is Being Made
- Tony Zizza: Is Paternity Fraud The Perfect Crime?
- Shak Inayat: Understanding Paternity Fraud in the UK
- How to Eliminate Paternity Fraud: Key Changes for a Just System
Strategies and Solutions:
According to Women Against Paternity Fraud:
- For purposes of state compliance with paternity establishment targets and incentive payments, the federal government should count only those paternities that are confirmed by the DNA test.
- Congress should also instruct the bureaucracy to count and identify paternity fraud victims, develop mechanisms for their emancipation, and require procedures to minimize future paternity fraud victimization.
- States should abolish all judicial or statutory barriers to the emancipation of paternity fraud victims.
- States should mandate in-hospital DNA testing for all newborns and prohibit paternity establishment unless and until confirmed by DNA testing.
- After any default judgement, states should require DNA testing immediately upon locating the defendant for garnishments or other enforcement action.