Originally Posted by jillio

You are forgetting that the father must sign the birth certificate. If he does not think he is the father, he has the option of not signing. A woman can't jsut put any name she wants to on the birth certificate.

No one has answered my question about an infertile couple that goes to a sperm bank. What about that situation? Are you saying that because the DNA will show that the sperm donor is the birth father, that his name should be on the birth certificate? What about confidentiality? Those who contribute to sperm banks do so anonymously, and don't want their names revealed. Likewise, the couple is married, and the husband's name goes on the birth certificate, but he didn't contribute anything to the child's conception. What about these cases? Particularly since the husband is willing to accept the child as his own, and raise and support it. Should he be denied that right just because he didn't contribute DNA?