US EditionVance on Tylenol: Pregnant women should ‘follow your doctor’
Vice President Vance emphasizes following doctors' guidance on Tylenol use during pregnancy amid conflicting public health messages and studies showing no clear autism link.
- On September 24, 2025, Vice President JD Vance urged pregnant women in the U.S. to follow their doctors' advice regarding Tylenol use.
- This followed the Trump administration's recommendation earlier that week advising pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen due to possible autism links.
- Vance cited CDC recommendations and emphasized caution while the American College of Obstetricians criticized Trump's claims as unsupported by scientific evidence.
- Dr. Steven J. Fleischman stated two recent studies found no significant autism risk from prenatal acetaminophen use, including one published last year by JAMA.
- The controversy highlights ongoing disagreements over Tylenol safety during pregnancy and suggests pregnant women should rely on clinical guidance amid mixed messages.
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Vance Says Pregnant Women Should Follow Their Doctor on Tylenol
Vice President JD Vance said Sept. 24 that pregnant women should follow the advice of their doctor after the Trump administration this week recommended that pregnant women not take acetaminophen, the primary ingredient in Tylenol, due to the possible risk of autism. “What I took from the president’s announcement and also the CDC’s recommendations here is we just have to be careful. We know some of these medications have side effects. We know tha…
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Trump’s Tylenol advice giving Canadian doctors quite the headache
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Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that pregnant women should rely on their doctor for advice on whether to take Tylenol (acetaminophen). His statement comes after President Donald Trump earlier this week said pregnant women should "fight very hard not to take it" because of possible links to autism. Vance was asked during an interview what pregnant women should take for pain, given the president's comments, which have drawn backlash from …
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Vance says pregnant women should 'follow your doctor' when it comes to Tylenol
Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that pregnant women should follow the advice of their physician when deciding whether or not to take Tylenol, striking a different tone after President Donald Trump strongly discouraged its use. “What I took from the president’s announcement and also the CDC’s recommendations here is we just have to be careful,” Vance said during a NewsNation interview. “We know that some of these medications have side effe…
When the burning nervous pain in the back and legs gets worse, Lucy Martinez, who is 27 weeks pregnant, looks for Tylenol. Help. Martinez, 28, from Pocatello, Idaho, broke one of her vertebrae in a snowboarding accident in January. A few months later, found out that she was pregnant. She stopped taking strong painkillers and has been managing her pregnancy and recovery simultaneously since then. On the bad days, Martinez said, the pain is "unsto…
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