The Reveres are crazy busy. So what do we do to keep this space from going dark? We put up posts like this one:
Identigene is selling at-home DNA testing kits for paternity testing at drugstores across the country. The $30 kit includes swabs for the child, mother, and "alleged father," consent forms, and a mailer to be sent back to the company. You'll also want to include a check--the lab fees are an additional $120. Results are available in 3-5 business days once the samples have been received.
Only $150 separates you from the truth about your child's paternity, although you'll have to pay an additional $250 if you need legal paperwork from Indentigene to be used in divorce, custody, child support, inheritance, or other legal cases. (Boingboing Gadgets)
If you can't wait to avail yourself, here's the product page. I hope it includes instructions on how to get a swab from the "alleged father."
Or where to insert the swab.
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It's not going to be difficult, in most cases, to get a swab from the "alleged father." The primary market for these is going to be men who think their woman slipped one over on them and don't want to pay child support for another man's brat. So to speak. I have the extremest distaste for the whole thing.
In my opinion there are so many different situations that people use our product. I work for Identigene and I learned that there are a myriad of reasons people find themselves needing our services. Sometimes an adult is looking for birth parents, sometimes there are medical reason someone needs to know whose DNA they have. Yes, there are people that may have made bad choices or made mistakes but haven't well all make a bad decision at one time or another. I am glad I work for a company that is able to help when people find themselves in such a difficult situation.
We need to tax the parents of all children, married and unmarried. Since we cant teach birth control in school taxing is the next best way to go.
Say $ 3000 per child per year till the child reaches 21. I would like to see a break-even rate but few could afford the 10-12 thousand (five to six grand per parent per child).
Single fathers would be far more careful if they knew it would cost three grand a year for a screw up.