Mar 9, 2026 3-5pm ET
Monday on The Robert Scott Bell Show:
Hour 1
Trump and RFK Jr. Told Pregnant Women to Stop Using Tylenol. It’s Happening Acetaminophen use among pregnant women dropped about 10% in emergency room orders following President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s September 2025 claim linking the drug to increased autism risk in children, according to a study published March 6, 2026, in The Lancet analyzing U.S. medical records from over 200 million patients in the Cosmos database for the three months before and after the announcement, while orders for non-pregnant women and opioids showed no such decline, indicating the change was specific to maternal use. Prescriptions for leucovorin, a drug endorsed by Trump and health officials as an autism treatment despite limited evidence, surged by 71% in the same period, suggesting influence from the public statements and potential FDA recommendations like adding warning labels. The researchers emphasized that causal conclusions cannot be drawn, but the associations align with the announcement’s timing and content, with ER orders beginning to rebound from late November into early December possibly due to denunciations from health organizations or seasonal factors like increased cold and flu cases. Scientists have criticized the autism claim as based on weak evidence, with some studies suggesting a possible link while others find no compelling cause-and-effect relationship, and recent reviews failing to support it. Potential consequences of reduced acetaminophen use include untreated fevers, which pose risks for neurological disorders, and reliance on alternative medications that may be less safe during pregnancy, as acetaminophen is generally considered safe for expectant mothers. The study focused on ER settings and could not determine if the drop resulted from women refusing the drug or doctors not ordering it, leaving the nationwide impact unclear, but it highlights the significant power of authority figures to drive changes in healthcare practices.
Special Guest: Joanna Hairabedian
Joanna Hairabedian is the founder of the Solo to Soulmate™ movement, a speaker, author, and spiritual coach dedicated to helping women heal from heartbreak and rediscover their worth so they can experience meaningful, faith-aligned relationships. A former three-time national pageant titleholder, including Ms. America 2019-2021, Joanna’s life story blends public success with deeply personal transformation. After enduring a failed marriage, emotional wounds, and seasons of loneliness that left her questioning whether lasting love was possible, she turned to her faith and began a journey of healing and self-discovery. Out of that process she developed the Solo to Soulmate™ Method, a biblically grounded, spirit-led framework designed to help women break destructive relationship patterns, restore their identity in Christ, and prepare themselves for healthy, God-centered partnerships. Through coaching programs, retreats, conferences, books, and online courses, Joanna now guides women – particularly Christian women over 40 – toward emotional healing, renewed confidence, and the ability to attract relationships that reflect their value and faith. Together with her husband, Dr. David Hairabedian, she mentors audiences around the world and shares a message of restoration, purpose, and hope, encouraging women to believe that their story is not over and that the love they have been praying for may still lie ahead.
Welcome back to another “Homeopathic Hits” episode on The Robert Scott Bell Show!
On The Robert Scott Bell Show today, we highlight Apocynum androsaemifolium — Dogbane.
Boericke emphasizes its usefulness in rheumatic conditions marked by wandering pains, stiffness, and drawing sensations. Its picture includes peculiar sensory disturbances, trembling, prostration, and marked heat and sweating of the soles.
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Hour 2
Parents, not bureaucrats, should raise America’s children. The Supreme Court agrees The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark emergency injunction on March 3, 2026, halting enforcement of California’s AB 1955 “Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth” (SAFETY) Act, which prohibited schools from notifying parents if their minor child requested to use different pronouns, change gender identity markers on school records, or access gender-affirming facilities, counseling, or social transitions without the student’s explicit consent, delivering a resounding affirmation of parental rights as fundamental to the constitutional order and rejecting state efforts to supplant family authority in matters of child identity, upbringing, and medical decision-making. In a 6-3 ruling, the conservative majority—led by Justice Clarence Thomas’s opinion—declared that parents possess a fundamental liberty interest under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause in the care, custody, and control of their children, citing foundational precedents such as Meyer v. Nebraska (1923), Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925), and Troxel v. Granville (2000), and found that California’s asserted interests in student privacy, safety, and protection from potential parental rejection or harm did not justify blanket secrecy absent individualized evidence of imminent abuse or neglect, which the law did not require. The Court emphasized that fit parents are presumed to act in their children’s best interests, and schools may not override this presumption by withholding critical information about a child’s gender identity exploration or social transition plans, which can have profound psychological, social, and medical implications for minors whose brains and identities remain in active development. The decision allows districts that previously adopted parental notification policies to continue them while the underlying challenge proceeds in the Ninth Circuit, potentially setting nationwide precedent if the Court ultimately grants certiorari and affirms on the merits. Dissenting justices—Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson—argued the injunction prematurely disrupts a state law designed to shield vulnerable LGBTQ+ youth from unsupportive or abusive home environments and that parental rights are not absolute when weighed against child welfare considerations. Parental rights organizations celebrated the ruling as a critical check on state overreach into family life and a reaffirmation that government may not insert itself between parents and children on sensitive matters of identity and medical care without compelling justification. LGBTQ+ advocacy groups expressed deep concern that the decision could endanger transgender and gender-nonconforming minors by forcing disclosure to potentially rejecting or abusive parents. The case highlights escalating cultural and legal conflicts over parental authority versus student privacy in educational settings, gender identity policies in schools, and the proper balance between child protection and family integrity, with potential ripple effects for similar laws in other states and future federal legislation addressing parental notification rights.
Special Guest: Alex Newman
Joanna Hairabedian is the founder of the Solo to Soulmate™ movement, a speaker, author, and spiritual coach dedicated to helping women heal from heartbreak and rediscover their worth so they can experience meaningful, faith-aligned relationships. A former three-time national pageant titleholder, including Ms. America 2019-2021, Joanna’s life story blends public success with deeply personal transformation. After enduring a failed marriage, emotional wounds, and seasons of loneliness that left her questioning whether lasting love was possible, she turned to her faith and began a journey of healing and self-discovery. Out of that process she developed the Solo to Soulmate™ Method, a biblically grounded, spirit-led framework designed to help women break destructive relationship patterns, restore their identity in Christ, and prepare themselves for healthy, God-centered partnerships. Through coaching programs, retreats, conferences, books, and online courses, Joanna now guides women – particularly Christian women over 40 – toward emotional healing, renewed confidence, and the ability to attract relationships that reflect their value and faith. Together with her husband, Dr. David Hairabedian, she mentors audiences around the world and shares a message of restoration, purpose, and hope, encouraging women to believe that their story is not over and that the love they have been praying for may still lie ahead.
Special Guest: Robert Bortins
Robert Bortins serves as Chief Executive Officer of Classical Conversations, Inc., a role that grew naturally from his upbringing in the homeschooling movement his mother, Leigh Bortins, helped pioneer. Dissatisfied with the education options available when Robert was young, Leigh chose to homeschool her four sons and eventually began developing her own classical curriculum, with Robert as her first student. In 1997 she launched a once-a-week classical rhetoric program in the basement of her home with Robert and ten of his friends, creating what would become the Challenge I program and laying the foundation for Classical Conversations, a parent-centered homeschooling community that would expand nationwide. Robert was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school before earning a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in 2006. After graduation he worked as a management trainee for UPS and later as a plant engineer for Easy Gardener, a Jobes company, before returning to the family business in 2011 to develop its marketing program. In 2012 he was appointed CEO, and under his leadership Classical Conversations has grown by more than 300 percent, becoming the world’s largest classical homeschooling organization. Robert also serves on the boards of Homeschool Now USA, the Carolinas Rugby Union, and the Clemson University Rugby Foundation, and he is a member of the C12 Group, a professional development network for Christian CEOs and executives. During his tenure the company has been recognized as a Certified Best Christian Workplace by BCWI for four consecutive years. Robert lives in Southern Pines with his wife, April, and their children, and in his spare time he enjoys coaching rugby and playing golf.
RFK Jr. Responds to Backlash Over Dunkin’ Comments Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed widespread criticism on March 5, 2026, following his March 3 X post calling Dunkin’ Donuts “a public health disgrace” for its high-sugar, high-calorie menu items available at Massachusetts Turnpike rest stops, defending his remarks as a necessary spotlight on the ubiquity of ultra-processed foods that contribute to the chronic disease epidemic while rejecting accusations of hypocrisy or overreach in critiquing a private business operating in state-managed facilities. In a follow-up statement shared with Newsweek, Kennedy clarified that his comment was not a call for government bans or closures but a public call-out of the contradiction between states’ professed commitment to health promotion—through anti-obesity campaigns, school nutrition standards, and public wellness initiatives—and their role in hosting vendors selling products engineered for addiction and metabolic harm. He emphasized that taxpayers fund highway rest areas and that allowing prominent placement of high-sugar, fried, and processed offerings undermines efforts to combat obesity, type 2 diabetes, and related conditions affecting over 70% of American adults and a growing proportion of children. Kennedy pointed to Dunkin’s signature donuts, sweetened coffee beverages, and hash browns as exemplars of ultra-processed foods high in refined carbohydrates, trans fats, and artificial additives that spike blood sugar, promote inflammation, and disrupt gut microbiota, contrasting these with healthier options like black coffee or unsweetened tea that receive far less marketing emphasis. He reiterated his Make America Healthy Again agenda’s focus on reducing corporate influence over food environments, removing harmful additives, and prioritizing whole foods, arguing that public facilities should model healthier choices rather than normalize junk food consumption. Responding to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s (D) accusation of hypocrisy—citing his own occasional fast-food consumption—Kennedy acknowledged personal dietary lapses but stressed that public officials should lead by example and use platforms to highlight systemic issues rather than personal perfection, noting that occasional indulgence differs from systemic promotion of addictive products in taxpayer-supported locations. He defended the right to critique private businesses in public contexts, particularly when those businesses benefit from state infrastructure and contribute to public health burdens. The exchange intensified debate over the role of government in regulating or influencing food availability, personal responsibility versus structural change, and the tension between economic partnerships (rest stop concessions generate revenue for infrastructure) and health policy goals. Critics accused Kennedy of selective outrage and federal overreach into state economic decisions, while supporters praised his willingness to confront powerful food corporations and challenge inconsistencies in public health messaging. The controversy underscores ongoing cultural divides over nutrition policy, corporate accountability, and the appropriate scope of government influence on private consumption choices in publicly funded spaces.Remember Friends, The Power to Heal is Yours!
