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Jilly_in_VA

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Sun Oct 19, 2025, 01:34 PM Oct 2025

RFK Jr.'s Bonkers Teen Sperm Rant [View all]

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fumed about the sperm count of teenage boys as he talked up his own ability to procreate.

Speaking alongside President Donald Trump as the administration announced plans to make IVF more affordable, the father of seven also lamented that girls were going through puberty earlier and that “our parents aren’t having children.”

“Today, the average teenager in this country has 50 per cent of the sperm count, 50 per cent of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man,” Kennedy said.

“Our girls are hitting puberty six years earlier, 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.”

The comments are not the first time Kennedy has sounded the alarm on sperm counts in America, but they immediately raised eyebrows, with some observers branding them as “creepy”.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-bonkers-teen-sperm-rant/

Put a cork in it, Jr. You're disturbing your father's rest!

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RFK Jr.'s Bonkers Teen Sperm Rant [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2025 OP
Ewww leftstreet Oct 2025 #1
Nepo-baby says what! FalloutShelter Oct 2025 #2
"Average teenager has 50 percent sperm count" ... because only half are male. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #3
The "default male" strikes again. Maru Kitteh Oct 2025 #19
Fucker is so obsessed with children's genitalia dalton99a Oct 2025 #4
This is a sperm wail from the guy who purportedly decapitated a whale. He's gone full Capt. Ahab! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #5
Has he travelednwith Jeffrey Epstein or Prince Andrew? MiniMe Oct 2025 #6
"Our parents are not having children"... GoCubsGo Oct 2025 #7
Asides from the fact it's NONE OF HIS BUSINESS Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #8
True! canetoad Oct 2025 #15
There is evidence that sperm counts are declining worldwide DavidDvorkin Oct 2025 #9
Outstanding Point ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #17
His comments about girls going through puberty earlier are Justice Oct 2025 #10
"If you teenage boys don't get off Xbox, us older guys are gonna have no choice but to screw underage girls." Efilroft Sul Oct 2025 #12
Actually true. But still super creepy from him. Same with the sperm counts. Environmental factors. Hekate Oct 2025 #14
And chemicals canetoad Oct 2025 #16
He's channeling W. Bush. LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #11
Hell, i can only think of a couple parents that i WISH they NEVER had ANY bluestarone Oct 2025 #13
Meaning no disrespect to his children, it's still kinda bad news that he's allegorical oracle Oct 2025 #18
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