Because oxytocin is commonly administered for labor induction, and functional oxytocin deficiency and a faulty oxytocin signaling pathway have been observed in conjunction with ASDs, researchers from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) examined evidence relating to the proposed link between labor induction and ASDs.
"Current evidence does not identify a causal relationship between labor induction or augmentation in general, or oxytocin labor induction specifically, and autism or ASD," the researchers concluded in aCommittee Opinion published inObstetrics & Gynecology.
