Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said he is “very concerned” about President Trump’s recent comments on a potential link between autism and Tylenol use during pregnancy.
On Monday evening, President Trump said that the Department of Health and Human Services had discovered a link between the two things and that women should “limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary.”
“It’s turning out that we understood a lot more than a lot of people who studied autism,” Trump said of the scientific establishment.
The comments predictably sent the scientific and media elites into meltdown, who continue to insist that we should all just “trust the experts.”
BREAKING: President Trump just announced a link between TYLENOL and AUTISM — especially when taken during pregnancy
FDA is now recommending pregnant women don’t take Tylenol except in cases of extremely high fevers
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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 22, 2025
During an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Thune was asked about Trump’s remarks.
“How worried are you, sir, that RFK Jr. and the president will actually, with what they’ve said, adversely impact the health of American women and their babies?” Bash asked.
He responded:
I’m obviously very concerned about that. I am a father and a grandfather and just have, as of about seven months ago, a newborn grandson.
So, obviously pregnant moms is something I have a very high level of interest in, and I do — I agree, I think that science ought to guide these discussions, these conversations, and our decision making around our health.
There are studies out there that they reference. But again, I think there are an awful lot of people in the medical community who come to a different conclusion about the use of Tylenol.
And so, I think that — obviously my view is we ought to be very guarded in making broad assertions and make sure that they are well grounded in science and medicine, and where we’re taking the consultation advice of experts in the field and ensuring that these things are all well documented.
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