Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn't seem to know
Last edited Wed Oct 15, 2025, 09:24 AM - Edit history (1)
I just had to post this article because it highlights the utter ignorance of many in the Republican Party. The article cites Kennedy, who demonstrated his ignorance at a cabinet meeting last week, as well as several Republican legislators who proved their ignorance simply by speaking. Evidently, Republicans have never heard the old adage that "it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to talk and remove all doubt.”
“In a shocking development, however, it seems that Kennedy – an anti-vaxxer who says his brain was partly eaten by a parasitic worm – may not know what he’s talking about. During a cabinet meeting last Thursday, Kennedy reasserted unproven claims that taking the common painkiller acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol or paracetamol, while pregnant causes autism. Doubters of this theory, he said, were motivated by Trump derangement syndrome. To underscore his point, he referenced a TikTok video he’d seen of a pregnant woman “gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta”.
Foetuses, of course, develop in the uterus, not the placenta. It’s possible, if we are being generous, that Kennedy misspoke. Then again, he would hardly be the first US politician to make it clear he knows nothing about the female bodies he is so keen to legislate, would he?”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/15/where-do-babies-come-from-robert-f-kennedy-jr-doesnt-seem-to-know
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