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- From: peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri)
- Newsgroups: soc.women,alt.abortion.inequity,talk.abortion,alt.feminism,soc.men
- Subject: DNA testing
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 18:59:05 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Message-ID: <1em0tpINNs2a@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <1992Nov21.024836.18702@zooid.guild.org> <1992Nov21.144417.23320@netcom.com>
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- payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov21.024836.18702@zooid.guild.org> Will Steeves <goid@zooid.guild.org> writes:
- >>peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes...
- >>
- >>> lynch@ils.nwu.edu (Richard Lynch) writes:
- >>> >Uncertain parentage should be made certain.
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- >>MLP> How???
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- >>DNA testing...
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- >DNA testing is not yet reliable. It has been accepted in court,
- >but several false positives have happened in court cases, and I
- >suspect that it is no longer accepted as an absolute indicator
- >in court.
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- >In time I am sure it will become reliable. But not yet.
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- But it is likely to remain invasive and expensive (in particular,
- when performed on a foetus in utero).
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- -- Michal
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