Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned on Thursday that teenagers now have less sperm and testosterone than 65-year-old men.
Speaking to reporters about a new deal to provide discounts for fertility drugs, President Donald Trump invited Kennedy to “come up for a second” and “say a few words.”
“Thank you, Mr. President,” said Kennedy:
When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today, it is 1.6%. The replacement rate, in other words the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even, is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country and we know why this is happening, and President Trump is addressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure to chemicals that decrease fertility.Today, the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man. Our girls are hitting puberty six years early, and that’s bad, but also our parents aren’t having children. Parents who want to have children do not have access. I have seven children. I feel that God has blessed me with that and I can’t imagine how different my life would be if I did not have that blessing.
In April, after Kennedy made similar remarks on Fox News’ Jesse
“That’s right, because the testosterone levels have dropped 50 percent from historic levels,” said Kennedy. “And that is a problem and it’s an existential problem.”
Watch above via C-SPAN.