Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the makers of Tylenol, alleging that the companies deceptively marketed to pregnant mothers.

Paxton announced the lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and said in a news release that Johnson & Johnson violated Texas’s consumer protection laws by marketing the drug as a completely safe pain medication for pregnant women.

"For decades, Johnson & Johnson willfully ignored and attempted to silence the science that prenatal and early-childhood exposure to their acetaminophen products can cause Autism and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (“ADHD”) in children," the news release said.

The lawsuit comes as the Trump Administration warned pregnant women not to take Tylenol , citing an unproven link between the drug and

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