After President Donald Trump spread misinformation about over the counter pain medicine and autism in a White House news conference Monday, a New Mexico-based autism advocacy group and an Albuquerque doctor are worried that pregnant patients could ignore their pain or be burdened with "mom guilt."

"There have been decades of research that has shown no causal link between acetaminophen in pregnancy and autism in children," said Dr. Carla Martinez, an OBGYN at Perinatal Associates of New Mexico who specializes in high-risk pregnancies. "And there have been many robust studies of recent data that have reinforced that acetaminophen used during pregnancy does not lead to an increased risk of autism."

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