Leoorourke
@leoorourke.bsky.social
Political Psychology PhD Student at the University of Arizona, 2024-25 University Fellow. Penn State Alum. Views are all my own.
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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We need to change norms around sexual harassment Yesterday Tessa West spoke up about a sexual harassment complaint she filed against John Jost. Not only is he a senior colleague in the dept of psychology, but he is one of the most prominant figures in the field of social and political psychology.
I just got punked by two 13 YOs. This is what getting older is like huh.
🇮🇪🚫🇮🇱 Irlanda aprueba prohibir la importación de productos israelíes procedentes de asentamientos en territorios palestinos ocupados y se convierte en el primer país de la UE en adoptar este veto
La Cámara Baja del Parlamento de Irlanda veta la importación de bienes procedentes de asentamientos israelíes
La Cámara Baja del Parlamento de Irlanda (Dáil Éireann) ha aprobado este miércoles un proyecto de ley que...
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The front desk lady at my PT has a dog whose name is Riggy which is short for Rigor Mortis
A new report estimates that the 16 states with the most restrictive abortion policies are responsible for more than $68 billion in annual lost earnings. #MsReads via @rewirenewsgroup.com
Abortion Bans, Restrictions Could Cost U.S. Economy $140 Billion: New Report
Because when people can’t choose when or if to have kids, their paychecks and job options tend to stagnate, dwindle, and disappear. A recent Institute for Women's Policy Research report shows that abo...
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Throwback to the portrait one of my preschoolers drew of me
Imagine how Neil Diamond felt when they made a biopic about an impersonator of him and not him
People who didn’t vote for Trump should get reparations for gas and groceries and rent I s2g
Womens health care is so funny bc it’s like “surgery” or insane options that even doctors don’t even want to do
New research just dropped - here we explore narcissism as an adaptive trait for pops experiencing stress + upheaval, + use immig gen status as a naturally occurring experiment, finding immigs + and 1st gen are higher in narc, which dec across subsequent gens journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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“Laugh at this muffin” what is this ad supposed to convey to me.
As a reminder, the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making's Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries conference is coming up. The website for the conference has launched. It has the schedule, along with bios, abstracts, and quotes from speakers about "Fragmentations" moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/moral...
Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries - Consortium on Moral Decision-Making
This event through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making will bring together several scholars in the social sciences and humanities to talk about different disciplinary approaches to the study of “f...
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Two months ago today we lost little baby Maggie to cancer - only aged 6 - miss you dearly, Mags!
Can we as political scientists please start studying the issues that really matter
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 James A. Piazza & Lauren O’Rourke test the link between hostile sexism and support for political violence in "Hostile Sexism, Social Dominance Orientation, Political Illiberalism, and Support for Political Violence in the United States." gendersky buff.ly/z6qlnEy
Our first EMP Lab dinner! At @spspnews.bsky.social #SPSP2026 I brought together current grad students, affiliates, postdoc, and recent undergrad alumni now doing grad work. It was meaningful to bring together our community and celebrate team science. Thanks to guest @kyleflaw.com for the photos!
