Just Because RFK, Jr. Said It Doesn’t Make It False

First things first: I have no idea whether a woman taking Tylenol during pregnancy increases the likelihood that a child may be later diagnosed with autism, and chances are near 100% that you don’t either. 

The evidence both for and against the hypothesis is actively disputed, with many individual studies suggesting the link is weak to nonexistent, and a recent meta-study conducted by a Harvard researcher suggesting that there is, indeed, a link. It was not a junk study, but it is hardly definitive either. 

MAHA: It turns out Harvard sounded the alarm about Tylenol before Secretary RFK Jr. and President Trump. Last month Jay Lau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published a systematic review of 46 prior studies using the Navigation Guide methodology, finding that many show… pic.twitter.com/2JlImc5xB3

— @amuse (@amuse) September 23, 2025

Animal studies DO suggest that neurodevelopment can be influenced by ingesting acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and many other pain medications, and we know that drugs that are generally safe in adults may harm a fetus. Studies in infants clearly suggest a correlation between acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental issues.

The controversy is encapsulated succinctly by this exchange:

Which gets wiped away with any study that uses sibling control designs.

These sibling comparison studies help eliminate confounding by shared genetics and environmental factors. pic.twitter.com/aajBo1ZBnA

— The Real Truther (@thereal_truther) September 23, 2025

The study was conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and Mount Sinai, not Secretary Kennedy or President Trump, and at least deserves consideration when discussing the potential link between acetaminophen and autism, one would think. 

I can understand many physicians’ reluctance to have an important pain management tool ripped from their limited toolbox when treating pain in pregnant women, but I am having a difficult time understanding the passion and outright vitriol that Secretary Kennedy and President Trump have been subject to for conveying to the public a simple message that there may be a link between autism and this drug. 

I’m starting to see videos of women taking Tylenol to spite RFK and it seems like a bad idea because while I’m pretty sure it doesn’t cause autism I’m also pretty sure it isn’t great for your liver, esp. if you have liver damage you’re unaware of.

— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) September 23, 2025

So Trump tells people to not take Tylenol out of an abundance caution for them and their child’s health, and what do these women do?

They go and take Tylenol just to “stick it to Trump”. It doesn’t matter what it is. They want to oppose Trump for the sake of opposing Trump.… pic.twitter.com/CzM3ZZMQxZ

— Jeffery Mead (@the_jefferymead) September 24, 2025

There literally are videos popping up on the internet of women gulping down Tylenol out of spite, proving the point that if Trump praised breathing air, a million people would start putting plastic bags over their heads. 

Pregnant women popping Tylenol like Tic Tacs just to stick it to Trump — please stop.

Don’t weaponize your pregnancy for a political point.

Consider acetaminophen only when absolutely necessary, for the shortest duration and lowest dose, even the makers of Tylenol say this.

— Nicole Saphier, MD (@NBSaphierMD) September 23, 2025

This vitriol would not have been directed at any Democratic administration if they did the same thing. Of that we all can be certain. 

🚨 Wait what, even Tylenol tell their own customers not to use their products when Pregnant.

This was 8 years ago – but when Trump & RFK Jnr say it, based on Studies & Scientific Evidence they’re now ‘Anti-Science’? pic.twitter.com/S8gDM8H8dk

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) September 24, 2025

Tylenol–which I take along with aspirin and caffeine for migraines since I am forbidden to use the miracle drugs Triptans that treat migraines well–is in fact a dangerous drug on its own due to liver toxicity. It is something that should probably be in your medical bag of tricks, but used cautiously and with full knowledge of its potential dangers. 

So liberals are now taking EXTRA Tylenol because Trump said it was bad…

If Trump said drinking bleach is bad I wonder how many of these geniuses would be left the next day? pic.twitter.com/xgb4YtnXIT

— SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) September 23, 2025

Warning women of a potential risk to pregnancy seems prudent. It is called informed consent, and while the medical profession has soured on the concept in recent years, it is still an ethical imperative. See COVID and gender medicine propaganda if you doubt the willingness of professionals to lie for political reasons. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump uses platform of presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 22, 2025

Pravda Media is now on a Jihad to criticize Trump and RFK, Jr. for warning people about a potential risk to babies. Because…Trump. 

As usual, liberals are perfectly willing to sacrifice children on the altar of politics. Abort, sterilize, drug them with hormones and hormone blockers, and surgically alter them…go ahead, it bugs the normies a lot. 

Pregnant Women Begin Downing Tylenol In Hopes Sons Will Start Electric Car Companies And Become Billionaires https://t.co/DILHCdqNF4 pic.twitter.com/r36JWIr382

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 23, 2025

This is insane. The meme that liberalism is a mental illness, or that Trump critics have a derangement syndrome, is unfortunately true. If you are unconvinced that Tylenol increases the risk of autism, that’s fine. We all know that life is full of risks, and information is rarely perfect. And medical decisions are always made in a condition of uncertainty. 

Except when it comes to COVID vaccines. There, the science is settled…

I feel like I am watching the rebirth of the Tide Pod challenge… except with tylenol this time.

Interesting times…

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) September 23, 2025

Were a friend to ask my opinion, I would suggest extreme caution. Not because the science is settled, but because it isn’t. Pregnant women should minimize the risks they subject their babies to. 

That is just common sense. 

But I wouldn’t freak out if she chose to take it on her doctor’s recommendation, unless he is a sufferer of TDS. 

What this controversy shows is that far from being nonpartisan, The Science™ is just as politicized as everything in our society. By now we can know for certain that millions of liberals would have refused to take the COVID vax if Trump had won in 2020. Kamala herself recommended against it during the 2020 campaign. 

💥💥BOOM💥💥Remember this clip of Kamala Harris: Harris On Vaccine- If Donald Trump Tells Us To Take It, I’m Not Taking It.#KamalaHarris #Science or $cience #Fauci 😡#DoYourOwnResearch👈#Plandemic pic.twitter.com/rySLXFH19E

— 5DME81 (@5dme81) July 24, 2024

Science has become just another political battleground. Astronomers are criticized for using terms like “black hole.” Scientific American prints insane gender propaganda, asserting that the biological categories of “male” and “female” were invented in the 18th century by white colonialist males, and medical debates turn on questions of DEI and party politics. 

These days, we should be skeptical of everything we are told. Chances are, politics are in the background of any assertion. 

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