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President Donald Trump arrives with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to speak in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. A Labour minister has rejected Donald Trumps claim that there is a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy with autism. The US president made the comments in the White House on Monday, despite being unable to provide any evidence to back them up. Trump said there had been a meteoric rise in cases of autism and suggested that paracetamol which is called Tylenol in the US is a potential cause. There are certain groups of people that dont take vaccines and dont take any pills, that have no autism, the president claimed. He said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would be notifying all US doctors with new guidance advising mothers-to-be not to use paracetamol during their pregnancy. But appearing I think in any policy decision, I do this in my own department, youve got to be led by the evidence. The fact is that any such link at the moment is unproven, and its really important more generally, talking about children with autism, that we get the right support in place. But on the presidents suggestion, lets be led by the science. Medical experts on both sides of the Atlantic have slammed Trumps comments. Dr Monique Botha, associate professor in social and developmental psychology at Durham University, accused the president of fearmongering. She said a Swedish study of 2. 4 million births last year found no relationship between paracetamol use and autism. Dr Botha said: There is no robust evidence or convincing studies to suggest there is any causal relationship and any conclusions being drawn to the contrary are often motivated, under-evidenced, and unsupported by the most robust methods to answering this question. Related. UK Experts Accuse Trump Of ‘Fearmongering’ For Linking Paracetamol And AutismIrresponsible: Medical Experts Slam Trump Claims About Paracetamol, Pregnancy And AutismWithout Proof, Trump Links Tylenol To Autism.