By: Hayden Cunningham

Alex Clark addressed the growing fertility crisis in the United States during remarks at TPUSA’s AmericaFest, warning that chemical exposure is harming both adults and children and threatening the nation’s future.

Clark, host of Culture Apothecary, said the country is in the “middle of a baby-making issue,” highlighting that declining fertility is not a partisan concern but one that should alarm all Americans.

“In our mission to make America healthy again, there are lobbyists right now trying to infiltrate the conservative movement, people who want to protect profit and industry over people, including vulnerable children,” Clark said. 

“A movement that won’t protect children’s bodies will not ever protect the county,” she added.

Clark said “big chemical,” “big ag,” and “big food” interests are attempting to divide the MAHA movement to deter people from calling out health concerns. She argued that the health of the next generation depends on the coalition built around this issue.

She cited fertility statistics, noting that the US fertility rate is 1.6 births per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement level needed to sustain a nation.

“Today, 15% of American women experience infertility. 13% of men report sterility,” Clark said. “Men and women across the country are struggling to start families and asking the question: ‘What is happening to us?’ Our biology is being altered quietly but profoundly. And if we as conservatives truly care about family formation, healthy pregnancies, and the fertility of the next generation, then we must confront chemical exposure and the fertility crisis.”

“A nation that can’t reproduce cannot remain free,” she noted.

Clark also addressed men’s health, saying testosterone levels are dropping sharply and that one in five men is estimated to have a deficiency. She said the issue affects fertility, noting that sperm count has dropped 50 percent and that the decline is accelerating.

She cited microplastics, toxic pesticides, and synthetic fragrances as everyday exposures that can affect testosterone and fertility. Clark highlighted glyphosate, a chemical commonly used in weed killers, saying it is widely present in the food supply and arguing that studies show it impairs sperm mobility, affecting the ability to conceive.

Turning to women, Clark said women are more heavily exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals through products such as makeup. She noted that the CDC has found one in seven women has difficulty getting pregnant and said risks remain even when pregnancy occurs. She also raised concerns about glyphosate exposure during pregnancy, arguing that research shows it can affect babies in the womb, alter sexual development, and lead to lifelong hormonal disruption and puberty-related issues.

“The system meant to protect us is corrupted,” Clark said, criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to restrict chemicals she said have been proven to cause harm. She argued the EPA is no longer acting as a regulator but as a collaborator when it chooses to be complicit, and said industry lobbyists are helping “Write the rules,” something she said the MAHA movement did not vote for in the last election.

“Chemical manufacturers, as we speak, are pushing for legal immunity from lawsuits, meaning if a chemical makes you sick, they don’t want you to be able to sue,” she noted. 

She concluded by expressing hope that change will come and said the current administration must live up to its mandate to make America healthy again.

“The American family is sick of being poisoned,” Clark said, adding that health will be pivotal in future elections and that politicians should take the issue seriously, especially mothers.

“History will not ask how cheap our food was, but whether our children were healthy,” Clark said. “And we must not be the generation that chose profit over fertility.”

Watch full speeches from all AmFest speakers on the Turning Point USA YouTube Channel.