Parentage, not Paternity: Why Ghana’s Proposed Bill on Compulsory Paternity Testing Risks Becoming State-Sanctioned Discrimination Against Mothers

I shall demonstrate that Ghanaian law has long settled the question of parentage under Section 32 of the Evidence Act, 1975 (NRCD 323), Sections 40 to 42 of the Children’s Act, 1998 (Act 560 as amended ), and Section 47 (1)(f) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459 as amended), providing a coherent, child-centered legal framework that renders compulsory testing unnecessary and