Lauryn King, PhD
@laurynking.bsky.social
Gender, Public Policy, & Reproduction Research
Opinions are my own
Opinions are my own
In my latest post on the GPRP blog, I apply Michael Lee's Populist Argumentative Frame to discussion surrounding the first Trump administration's changes to the Title X program in 2019 and the current administration's federalization of Washington D.C.
New on the GPRP blog: @laurynking.bsky.social illustrates how President Trump, his administration, and his supporters used the populist argumentative frame in their discussions of the 2019 Title X rule change and how these groups continue to use it to justify the President's actions today. #reprosky
The Trump Administration’s Use of the Populist Argumentative Frame
As discussed in previous posts, frames are a helpful tool for assessing the motivations of actors in a particular scenario. Framing is a major topic of discussion in the literature of both social move...
blogs.gwu.edu
August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In my latest post on the GPRP blog, I apply Michael Lee's Populist Argumentative Frame to discussion surrounding the first Trump administration's changes to the Title X program in 2019 and the current administration's federalization of Washington D.C.
While the first Trump administration and its supporters did not express much interest in the ‘pro-woman’ frame, the far right has since adapted the frame and is using it to discourage contraception use and demonize trans people in the name of ‘protecting women.’
New on the GPRP blog: @laurynking.bsky.social explores the tepid reception of the ‘pro-woman’ frame by the Trump administration and its pro-life supporters and posits that these groups have since adapted the frame, using it to push alternative goals in the name of ‘protecting women.’ #reprosky
‘Protecting Women:’ The Evolution of the ‘Pro-Woman’ Frame on the Right
As discussed in previous posts, frames are a helpful tool for assessing the motivations of actors in a particular scenario. Framing is a major topic of discussion in the literature of both social move...
blogs.gwu.edu
August 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
While the first Trump administration and its supporters did not express much interest in the ‘pro-woman’ frame, the far right has since adapted the frame and is using it to discourage contraception use and demonize trans people in the name of ‘protecting women.’
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It isn't a coincidence that conservative outlets are publishing more and more pieces like this one. As abortion bans drive the maternal death rate up, they need to make women dying seem palatable—positive, even!
August 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It isn't a coincidence that conservative outlets are publishing more and more pieces like this one. As abortion bans drive the maternal death rate up, they need to make women dying seem palatable—positive, even!
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A medication abortion is safer than consuming Tylenol. Pass it on.
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A medication abortion is safer than consuming Tylenol. Pass it on.
The resurrection of the fetal personhood frame may indicate that President Trump as a figurehead has inspired, enabled, or stoked a return to the harsher, more violent days of the pro-life movement’s past.
This week on the GPRP blog: @laurynking.bsky.social details her analysis of the Trump administration's use of the fetal personhood frame during his first presidency, it's continued use today, and how it may be used in the future. #reprosky
The Fetal Personhood Frame
As discussed in my previous post, frames are a helpful tool for assessing the motivations of actors in a particular scenario. Framing is a major topic of discussion in the literature of both social mo...
blogs.gwu.edu
July 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The resurrection of the fetal personhood frame may indicate that President Trump as a figurehead has inspired, enabled, or stoked a return to the harsher, more violent days of the pro-life movement’s past.
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Crisis pregnancy centers have long served as the surveillance apparatus of the anti-abortion movement. With both CPCs, which have always preyed on immigrant women, and ICE increasingly awash with gov. funding, I wrote about the rising threats to immigrant communities & how everything is connected:
We Need to Talk About ICE and Anti-Abortion Centers
These groups prey on immigrant women and collect their data. It's not hard to imagine what happens next.
open.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Crisis pregnancy centers have long served as the surveillance apparatus of the anti-abortion movement. With both CPCs, which have always preyed on immigrant women, and ICE increasingly awash with gov. funding, I wrote about the rising threats to immigrant communities & how everything is connected:
Policymakers and social movements use framing to convey meaning and persuade their audiences. Understanding these frames is becoming increasingly important in today’s era of short-form media and algorithms.
The latest on the GPRP Blog: @laurynking.bsky.social gives a brief history of framing, describes how people are framing contraception and abortion today, and discusses why understanding framing is increasingly important in the age of the algorithm. #reprosky
Framing Contraception & Abortion
In today’s era of soundbites, headlines, and short-form media dominance, how politicians, policymakers, and content creators choose to frame the issues they discuss is becoming increasingly salient.
blogs.gwu.edu
July 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Policymakers and social movements use framing to convey meaning and persuade their audiences. Understanding these frames is becoming increasingly important in today’s era of short-form media and algorithms.
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“The people who are most marginalized are the ones being forced to carry pregnancies to term — those who are the poorest, with the least access to information"
More about the Dobbs decision and infant mortality in the @washingtonpost.com yesterday. #MedSky #ReproSky
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More about the Dobbs decision and infant mortality in the @washingtonpost.com yesterday. #MedSky #ReproSky
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Infant mortality got worse after Roe reversal. Experts are investigating.
A study in JAMA Pediatrics says hundreds more babies died than expected in the year and a half after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
wapo.st
October 24, 2024 at 12:01 PM
“The people who are most marginalized are the ones being forced to carry pregnancies to term — those who are the poorest, with the least access to information"
More about the Dobbs decision and infant mortality in the @washingtonpost.com yesterday. #MedSky #ReproSky
wapo.st/3A0uywP
More about the Dobbs decision and infant mortality in the @washingtonpost.com yesterday. #MedSky #ReproSky
wapo.st/3A0uywP
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“Researchers found the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, introduced across the UK in late summer 2024, led to a 72% reduction in babies hospitalized with the virus if mothers were vaccinated.”
#RSV #Vaccines 🧪 #MedSiy #ReproSky
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
#RSV #Vaccines 🧪 #MedSiy #ReproSky
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
New vaccine for pregnant women protects babies from serious lung infection, study shows
Vaccination of pregnant women has been linked to a drop in newborns being admitted to hospital with a serious lung infection, research suggests.
medicalxpress.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“Researchers found the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, introduced across the UK in late summer 2024, led to a 72% reduction in babies hospitalized with the virus if mothers were vaccinated.”
#RSV #Vaccines 🧪 #MedSiy #ReproSky
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
#RSV #Vaccines 🧪 #MedSiy #ReproSky
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
President Trump and his administration have again targeted Planned Parenthood and other reproductive healthcare providers, pausing Title X funding for nearly one in five grantees and attempting to strip Planned Parenthood and other providers of federal Medicaid funding. #reprosky
This week on the GPRP Blog: Trump & Title X: The 2019 Rule Change Revisited. @laurynking.bsky.social gives an overview of the Trump admin's 2019 rule change, the recovery of the Title X network under Biden, and the Trump admin's recent actions impacting federal family planning funds. #reprosky
Trump & Title X: The 2019 Rule Change Revisited
In June 2018, the Trump administration proposed formal rule changes to the Title X family planning program that, once implemented, had a serious impact on the accessibility of reproductive healthcare ...
blogs.gwu.edu
July 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
President Trump and his administration have again targeted Planned Parenthood and other reproductive healthcare providers, pausing Title X funding for nearly one in five grantees and attempting to strip Planned Parenthood and other providers of federal Medicaid funding. #reprosky
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Our new study found that people in states with bans are more than twice as likely to have abortions later in pregnancy.
“Banning abortion doesn’t eliminate the need, it just forces people to travel farther and wait longer,” explains ANSIRH researcher Diana Greene Foster.
“Banning abortion doesn’t eliminate the need, it just forces people to travel farther and wait longer,” explains ANSIRH researcher Diana Greene Foster.
July 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Our new study found that people in states with bans are more than twice as likely to have abortions later in pregnancy.
“Banning abortion doesn’t eliminate the need, it just forces people to travel farther and wait longer,” explains ANSIRH researcher Diana Greene Foster.
“Banning abortion doesn’t eliminate the need, it just forces people to travel farther and wait longer,” explains ANSIRH researcher Diana Greene Foster.
Looking forward to discussing the Trump administration's prior attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood, how the administration uses the framing of "protecting women" to strip rights from people of all genders, the impact of healthcare politicization on providers, and more! #reprosky
New on the GPRP Blog: Our Summer Blog Series! For the next eight weeks, @laurynking.bsky.social will be updating her work on the objectives and effects of the 2019 Title X rule change to reflect our current political context. This quick intro gives a sneak peak at what's coming soon. #reprosky
Introducing Our Summer Blog Series
In 2019, the Trump administration made administrative rule changes to the Title X family planning program in an attempt to ‘Defund Planned Parenthood.’ This rule change had a serious impact on the acc...
blogs.gwu.edu
July 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Looking forward to discussing the Trump administration's prior attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood, how the administration uses the framing of "protecting women" to strip rights from people of all genders, the impact of healthcare politicization on providers, and more! #reprosky
From our new pub in Women's Health Issues: limited changes in contraceptive use post-Dobbs despite adolescent and young adult expressions of urgency and fear, feelings of lost agency, and concerns over access may reflect continued (or worsened) barriers to contraceptive access post-Dobbs. #reprosky
Adolescent and Young Adult Perspectives on Contraception Post-Dobbs: “The Next Closest Step to Having Control Over My Own Body”
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) face unique barriers to contraceptive care that
may be exacerbated by the June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision
that removed federal prote...
www.whijournal.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
From our new pub in Women's Health Issues: limited changes in contraceptive use post-Dobbs despite adolescent and young adult expressions of urgency and fear, feelings of lost agency, and concerns over access may reflect continued (or worsened) barriers to contraceptive access post-Dobbs. #reprosky
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#May28 is International Day of Action for Women’s Health: Our new research shows that where women have greater education and income, undesired pregnancy rates are lower.
Learn more in our article @bmj.com Global Health: gu.tt/4jU4wfL
Learn more in our article @bmj.com Global Health: gu.tt/4jU4wfL
May 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#May28 is International Day of Action for Women’s Health: Our new research shows that where women have greater education and income, undesired pregnancy rates are lower.
Learn more in our article @bmj.com Global Health: gu.tt/4jU4wfL
Learn more in our article @bmj.com Global Health: gu.tt/4jU4wfL
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Sharing our new Health Affairs study! We found increasing rates of tubal sterilizations and vasectomies among 19-26-year-olds following the Dobbs decision leak, with greater increases in states likely to ban abortion, and fear & concerns about bodily autonomy.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The <italic>Dobbs</italic> Supreme Court Decision In 2022 | Health Affairs Journal
Young adults’ access to contraception is shifting after the June 2022 United States Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. This concurrent mixed-methods study measured yo...
www.healthaffairs.org
January 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sharing our new Health Affairs study! We found increasing rates of tubal sterilizations and vasectomies among 19-26-year-olds following the Dobbs decision leak, with greater increases in states likely to ban abortion, and fear & concerns about bodily autonomy.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Reposted by Lauryn King, PhD
New study! We found increases in tubal sterilizations & vasectomies among ages 19-26 post Dobbs decision leak, esp. in states likely to ban abortion, using claims data. Survey participants were concerned w/ bodily autonomy & access to contraception + abortion. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The <italic>Dobbs</italic> Supreme Court Decision In 2022 | Health Affairs Journal
Young adults’ access to contraception is shifting after the June 2022 United States Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. This concurrent mixed-methods study measured young adults’ use of and perceptions about tubal sterilization and vasectomy after the leaked Dobbs opinion in May 2022. Using national-level medical claims data from IQVIA, we conducted difference-in-differences analyses of tubal sterilizations and vasectomies by age and state policy; using open-text survey responses from national MyVoice surveys in 2022 and 2023, we thematically analyzed young adults’ perspectives. Tubal sterilization and vasectomy visits increased after May 2022 among participants ages 19–26. Difference-in-differences analyses found significant increases in tubal sterilization and vasectomy visits in states deemed likely to ban abortion. Survey responses highlight fear of loss of bodily autonomy and changes to pregnancy plans after Dobbs. Young adults increasingly obtained permanent contraception post-Dobbs, especially in states deemed likely to ban abortion, and they continue to face challenges to their bodily autonomy, whether they feel pressured to seek permanent contraception because of abortion policy restrictions or whether they desire permanent contraception but experience barriers obtaining it.
www.healthaffairs.org
January 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
New study! We found increases in tubal sterilizations & vasectomies among ages 19-26 post Dobbs decision leak, esp. in states likely to ban abortion, using claims data. Survey participants were concerned w/ bodily autonomy & access to contraception + abortion. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
Coverage of our recent study in Health Affairs illustrating significant increases in tubal ligations and vasectomies in states likely to ban abortion care, particularly among younger folks. #reprosky
Surge in Americans getting sterilizations given states’ abortion laws
Interest in tubal ligations and vasectomies has skyrocketed in the past two years, according to research and health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Coverage of our recent study in Health Affairs illustrating significant increases in tubal ligations and vasectomies in states likely to ban abortion care, particularly among younger folks. #reprosky
Reposted by Lauryn King, PhD
1 in 4 pregnancies ends in a miscarriage.
Miscarriages, also known as spontaneous abortions, are common and not the fault of the mother.
This order will make it difficult for women to search for care during their pregnancy, endangering their lives. This isn't pro-life.
#reprosky #publichealth
Miscarriages, also known as spontaneous abortions, are common and not the fault of the mother.
This order will make it difficult for women to search for care during their pregnancy, endangering their lives. This isn't pro-life.
#reprosky #publichealth
By describing a fetus as a person from conception, Trump has legitimized fetal personhood. The legal language employed by fetal personhood also effectively categorizes any person receiving an abortion at any stage as a murderer.
Trump Sneaks Dangerous Rights for Fetuses into Executive Order
Donald Trump slipped the anti-abortion language into an otherwise unrelated order.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
1 in 4 pregnancies ends in a miscarriage.
Miscarriages, also known as spontaneous abortions, are common and not the fault of the mother.
This order will make it difficult for women to search for care during their pregnancy, endangering their lives. This isn't pro-life.
#reprosky #publichealth
Miscarriages, also known as spontaneous abortions, are common and not the fault of the mother.
This order will make it difficult for women to search for care during their pregnancy, endangering their lives. This isn't pro-life.
#reprosky #publichealth
Reposted by Lauryn King, PhD
🗣️ Personhood is NOT “a strategy to ban abortion.” It is a strategy to *redefine the relationship between pregnancy-capable bodies and the state*
And it is WORKING because Repro lawyers and advocates are so myopically focused on abortion!
And it is WORKING because Repro lawyers and advocates are so myopically focused on abortion!
January 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🗣️ Personhood is NOT “a strategy to ban abortion.” It is a strategy to *redefine the relationship between pregnancy-capable bodies and the state*
And it is WORKING because Repro lawyers and advocates are so myopically focused on abortion!
And it is WORKING because Repro lawyers and advocates are so myopically focused on abortion!