Iwas breastfeeding my 9-month-old daughter when Donald Trump announced his administration’s unproven claim that Tylenol use during pregnancy increases the risk of autism in children.

“So taking Tylenol is, uh, not good,” the president said during a Monday press conference alongside Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after admitting that he is “not so careful with what I say.” The president continued, “For this reason, they are” — meaning the FDA — “strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use in pregnancy unless medically necessary, for instance, in cases of extremely high fever. If you feel you can’t tough it out, you can’t do it, I guess there’s that. It’s a small number of cases, I think.”

As my teething infant clamped down on my nipple, I winced. Not j

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