Former USA President Barack Obama has blasted Donald Trump’s administration for linking Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism. He recently described the declaration as “violence against the truth.”
Speaking at London’s O2 Arena, the former US president revealed that Trump’s comments risk causing harm to pregnant women.
According to him, doctors are well within their rights to immediately dismiss the president’s claim because it can go a long way towards causing unnecessary fear for parents of autistic kids.
“We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, and create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic, is violence against the truth,” he said.
Obama further accused Trump of spreading falsehoods under the guise of science, warning that such claims jeopardize public health.
He concluded by emphasizing that America is being tested by threats against democracy, free speech and the rule of law.
“The degree to which that undermines public health, does harm to pregnant women, and creates anxiety for parents who have children on the spectrum is enormous.
Much of what is being trumpeted as massive increases in autism is actually due to a broadening of diagnostic criteria, allowing more people to get the services and help they need,” he added.
His statement add to Obama’s increasing criticism of Trump’s second term, with the ex-president recently describing America as “dangerously close” to sliding into autocracy.
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