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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 22 September 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Alison Singer, Co-founder of the Autism Science Foundation:
“We get new families who are pregnant all the time and families whose children are just diagnosed with autism all the time, who may not be familiar with the body of evidence. And they are used to being able to trust what their government says.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 22 September 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. president:
“So taking Tylenol is not good. For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary.”
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alison Singer, Co-founder of the Autism Science Foundation:
“There was no data presented, there were no scientific study, no new scientific studies. Nothing new has been published in the literature. There were no presentations at scientific conferences or medical conferences. Instead, President Trump talked about what he thinks and what he feels without offering any scientific evidence. He said things like, you know, tough it out…”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. president:
“Other than a mother will have to, as I say, tough it out a little bit, there’s no downside to doing this. It’s not like, oh, if you do this, you’re going to die.”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. president:
“… Taken out of the vaccines. Hepatitis B again, that’s sexually transmitted. And we think you should wait. I think you should wait till 12.“
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alison Singer, Co-founder of the Autism Science Foundation:
“We have done dozens and dozens of studies looking at vaccines as the potential cause of autism. We’ve looked at MMR to see if children who received MMR vaccine had a higher rate of autism. There was no relationship.”
STORYLINE:
President Donald Trump’s Tylenol and vaccine warnings have left some pregnant women angry and others with questions.
During a White House news conference on Monday, Trump repeatedly warned pregnant women not to take Tylenol because of the risk of autism in their children.
The Associated Press spoke with Alison Singer, Co-founder of the Autism Science Foundation, to fact check some claims that President Trump has made during the conference.
“There was no data presented, there were no scientific study, no new scientific studies. Nothing new has been published in the literature," said Singer. "Instead, President Trump talked about what he thinks and what he feels without offering any scientific evidence. He said things like, you know, tough it out…”
Trump also fueled debunked claims that ingredients in vaccines or timing shots close together could contribute to rising rates of autism.
“We have done dozens and dozens of studies looking at vaccines as the potential cause of autism. We’ve looked at MMR to see if children who received MMR vaccine had a higher rate of autism. There was no relationship," added Singer.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has long considered Tylenol, also known by the generic name acetaminophen, one of the only safe pain relievers during pregnancy.
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