In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Tylenol was linked to autism and urged pregnant women to avoid it, despite the fact there's no proof to support the claim.
For instance, one purely anecdotal rumor claimed a pregnant woman overdosed on the over-the-counter pain reliever in an attempt to "prove Trump wrong." A widely circulated social media post showed a fake response to Trump's remarks from Tylenol, "Nice try. Release the Epstein files." Some people shared a 2017 social media post by Tylenol about pregnancy safety without proper context or questioned whether autism existed before the invention of the drug.
Here are five rumors inspired by Trump's comments about Tylenol, autism and pregnancy fact-checked by Snopes:
