I’ll just say it: mandatory DNA testing at birth protects absolutely everyone. If a woman is telling the truth, a routine cheek swab at the hospital changes nothing about her life. But if she’s lying, that simple swab prevents a good man from having his finances, his youth, and his heart hijacked for the next eighteen years. We need to normalize mandatory testing so men don’t have to feel guilty for wanting to know if the child they are paying for is actually theirs.