Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the pharmaceutical companies behind Tylenol for “deceptively marketing” the medication as a safe option for pregnant mothers.

The lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, which Paxton filed on Tuesday, claimed that the companies knew that being exposed to acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, before birth or in early childhood leads to an increased risk of autism and other health conditions but hid that information from consumers.

President Donald Trump claimed that using Tylenol during pregnancy increases the risk of a child having autism in a September announcement, after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised earlier in the year to find what “has caused the autism epidemic.

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