Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a licensed doctor, pushed back on President Trump advising pregnant women not to take acetaminophen due to an alleged link to autism in children.

“The preponderance of evidence shows that this is not the case,” Cassidy, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wrote Monday on social platform X. “The concern is that women will be left with no options to manage pain in pregnancy. We must be compassionate to this problem.”

The Louisiana Republican, who said he supports the administration’s “desire to address this issue,” called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release data supporting the advisement.

Trump, alongside HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top health officials, warned against preg

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