There are ovulation tests, plus phone apps to monitor fertile days. Today, a woman desperate to get pregnant without her boyfriend/one-night stand/lover finding out has an arsenal of high-tech gadgetry at her disposal. But in this internet era, the game has changed. Of course, women have been ‘baby-trapping’ men by getting pregnant without their consent – either for marriage, money or simply to become a mother – for decades. She’d been taking the pill, she claimed, but somehow it hadn’t worked and now she was carrying his baby. A few days after they broke up, she rang to tell him she was two months pregnant. She was nice enough, but Jonathan decided it wasn’t the relationship for him, and he and his ex went their separate ways. These are the words of a man we shall call Jonathan, an insurance broker in his mid-30s who last year dated a 39-year-old accountant for two months before he called it off. That may sound unreasonable, but having someone steal your DNA then use it for something you never consented to feels like a violation on such a deep level.’ 'At the beginning, I felt as if I’d been raped. If you’re a single posh chap set to inherit millions, you’re excellent baby-trapping material
