His remarks were not only not politically smart, they were half-informed and he still seems unable to grasp that he did not know what he was talking about.
Are you sure you know what you’re talking about?
I’ve known of quite a few people who had trouble conceiving until they gave up hope. The stress of anxiety had an impact on their fertility. That’s anecdotal evidence and there could be other explanations, obviously, but these claims can be found in literature all over the place. Somebody posted about a study that found that stress can impact the implantation process. I would imagine that studies regarding the impact of fight-or-flight chemistry - adrenaline, etc - would come into play here too.
Is everybody basing their claim that his comment was uninformed on the scholarly studies, or on emotional politics and agitprop? That’s my concern.