"Since the widely criticized press conference, medical associations and autism advocacy groups have spoken out against the president's baseless claims. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) noted that the most reliable studies have shown no significant association between Tylenol use and autism and that the White House was undermining one of the few medications that can be used to treat "pain and fever" during pregnancy."
"Though shocking, the announcement is representative of the administration's repertoire on matters related to reproduction: sow disinformation, downplay women's suffering, and blame women. In the face of new data on a growing number of prosecutions for pregnancy-related rimes since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, this instruction by the president should concern us all. Despite its centrality to our very existence,"
"pregnancy is under-studied in science and medicine. Long-standing (and sometimes necessary) exclusions on women in clinical trials, especially where there might be some risk to the fetus, have produced gaps in what we know about pregnancy and fetal health. Those who suffer the most from this lack of information are pregnant people who cannot sort through what they should or should not do in their daily life during the period that they are gestating."
An official White House fact sheet asserted a link between acetaminophen (Tylenol) and autism, opening debate over medication use during pregnancy. Major medical organizations, including ACOG, state that the most reliable studies show no significant association between prenatal acetaminophen use and autism and warn that undermining acetaminophen jeopardizes one of few safe options for treating pain and fever in pregnancy. Advocacy groups called for evidence-based recommendations to improve autistic people's lives. Pregnancy remains under-studied because of longstanding exclusions of women from clinical trials, producing knowledge gaps that leave pregnant people uncertain about daily health decisions amid increased pregnancy-related prosecutions after Roe v. Wade.
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