UK: Do-it-yourself DNA test kits ready to go on sale in chemists

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-08-17 19:41

Article here. Excerpt:

'Do-it-yourself DNA tests are being made available by chemists for the first time, allowing families to establish the paternity of children without the usual recourse to the legal system.

Anglia DNA Services, a testing laboratory, said yesterday that kits would be stocked in pharmacies across the UK from this week.

For just under £160, anyone aged over 16 will be able to establish paternity in less than five days — provided that the consent of all parties is obtained. Critics said that children could receive potentially devastating news about their parentage without having access to proper counselling, which would ordinarily be provided within the court system.

Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrats’ health spokesman, called for new regulation by the Human Tissue Authority, which oversees DNA testing. He said: “These DIY kits, inevitably, will cause enormous effect on those involved. There is an urgent need for new regulation to reflect this development because it has happened quite out of the blue.”

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We can expect a LOT of cussing and spitting and excuse-making when these DIY tests become more widely used.

Note example: "children could receive potentially devastating news about their parentage without having access to proper counseling, which would ordinarily be provided within the court system.")

And we can also expect courts to find a way to weasel out of negative results, leaving the man on the hook anyway.

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Down on your knees, And thank heaven, fasting,
For a good man's love.

Shakespeare, As You Like It III, 5

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Submitted by Belgorod on Mon, 2009-08-17 22:46

wonderful?

lies come home to roost. and that bit about
counseling more properly available through the
courts is so lame. hard to excuse enforcement of lies.

wait until men start demanding a male birth
control pill. mo Science! yeah. men, in control of conception.
what a concept.

went and looked it up. got several methods being tested.
not very stimulating reading, if you know what i mean.
one method called 'dry orgasm' just says it all for me.

ouch!

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Submitted by daveinga on Tue, 2009-08-18 02:19