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Yesterday, the Trump administration announced plans to make IVF more affordable. At the press conference, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made some now-viral remarks that I can only describe as "bonkers."
RFK Jr. said, "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65-year-old man."
It's the kind of clip that left many viewers with more questions as it went on, so we'll go one step at a time. Let's start at the beginning with the teenage sperm piece.
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RFK has made similar claims in the past, and there is (shocker) no factual evidence to support them.
It is also just a very weird thing to say.
However, one person did the math and figured out a way for RFK's remarks to make a little bit of sense if you note that he said "the average teenager" and not "the average teenage boy."
Okay, next, let's look at his (also unproven) claim that girls are hitting puberty six years early. In fact, a study published last year found that girls born between 2000 and 2005 got their periods an average of six months earlier than girls born between 1950 and 1969.
Finally, we need to talk about "Our parents aren't having children."
Like, does he know what the word "parent" means?
Is he talking about my aging parents???
People are also reacting to remarks RFK Jr. made encouraging Americans to have more kids, describing him as having "zero self awareness."
Another user wrote, "These are the same bastards who want to gut health care for everyone, so why the fuck are they talking about teenage fertility."
So, yeah, there's a lot to unpack here. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
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