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Pregnant women, you can ignore Trump. It’s safe to take paracetamol

Adam Guastella Psychologist September 23, 2025 — 7.30pm Advertisement

This week, the Trump administration made headlines again by suggesting a causal link between autism and paracetamol use in pregnancy and promoting leucovorin as a potential treatment. But let’s be clear: there is no scientific consensus behind either of these claims.

Trump has made incorrect claims about the link between paracetamol and autism. Credit: AP

Once again, autism is being used as a political football in a game that leaves families, health professionals and the public misinformed and misled. While we don’t know the exact cause of autism, one thing is certain: science should drive public health decisio

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