Finasteride scare tactics

I’ve been reading scare mongering stuff online about how finasteride could harm your wife or a potential child if you were trying for one if they come into contact with finasteride which is worrying, can anyone share their opinion on this?

In the warnings originally published by Merck when they first came out with finasteride (today as well), they warned that women should not touch the pill because of the association between finasteride taken in women and fetal abnormalities (usually sexual identification issues), which were found in women who took the drug while they were pregnant. I have never been convinced that if a pregnant woman handled the drug (like giving you the pill to take), this drug could be significantly absorbed within a few seconds. Their legal team creates such statements to absolve them from any side effects.