Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the makers of Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, becoming the first state attorney general to take legal action following the Trump administration’s warning against the pain reliever.

The Texas filing comes one month after President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. encouraged pregnant women not to take the acetaminophen pill out of concern for its possible links to autism . Several medical groups , including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, have warned that the administration’s guidance will confuse mothers and oversimplifies a complex issue.

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