The Associated Press reports:
A bill introduced in the Kansas House would require every newborn in the state to be genetically tested to identify the child’s father.
State Rep. Melody McCray Miller, a Democrat from Wichita, says the bill is intended to help men who have been named as a child’s father, or who want to know if they are the child’s father. The bill would also apply to married couples who have several children.
The bill says a court could intervene if someone refused to take the test or have it administered to the baby.
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This could be one of the worst ideas I’ve seen in a long time. If a man has questions about a child’s paternity, he can seek a paternity test. There is absolutely no valid reason to invade every parent’s and every child’s privacy by requiring these tests. I hope the Kansas legislature has the common sense to reject this bill totally.