BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bill Cassidy has called for the Department of Health and Human Services to release data backing up President Donald Trump's claims that the use of acetaminophen-based painkillers like Tylenol during pregnancy can lead to autism.

Cassidy, a medical doctor, applauded Trump's "desire to address this issue and to support HHS," but said that " preponderance of evidence shows that this is not the case."

"The concern is that women will be left with no options to manage pain in pregnancy. We must be compassionate to this problem," Cassidy added in a social media post.

On Monday, Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that they were making a recommendation to physicians to stop recommending Tylenol, whose active ingredient is acetaminophen, to pregnant wom

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