Vance says pregnant women should 'follow your doctor' when it comes to Tylenol

President Donald Trump this week said pregnant women should "fight like hell" not to take Tylenol, and that there's "no downside in not taking it."

Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that pregnant women should follow their physicians’ advice in deciding whether or not to take Tylenol, striking a different tone after President Donald Trump strongly discouraged its use.

“What I took from the president’s announcement and also the CDC’s recommendations here is we just have to be careful," Vance said in a NewsNation interview. "We know that some of these medications have side effects. We know that even despite those side effects, sometimes they’re necessary. So my guidance to pregnant women would be very simple, which is: Follow your doctor."

“Ultimately, whether you should take something is very context-specific, and that’s why I think you should lean on your doctor," he added.

Trump on Monday advised pregnant women against using Tylenol, which contains the active ingredient acetaminophen, citing unproven claims about the painkiller’s being linked to autism in children. He made the remarks at a White House media event alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trump links acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism, without clear evidence02:29Trump urged pregnant women to "fight like hell" not to take the painkiller, which is one of a few available to pregnant women to alleviate pain or fever, "unless medically necessary."