Tara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping her treat debilitating pain.

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[–] 46 points 3 years ago (9 children)

I'm surprised this happened in NY. That's the kind of BS you'd expect elsewhere.

This is so fucked up.

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  • [–] 47 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Up-state NY is more rural and conservative. Towns in the mountains can be fairly small and isolated; those areas vote extremely red.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    As soon as you see “upstate”, you can bet it’s as provincial as any near midwestern state. I grew up along the southern border with PA. It’s more conservative than most people think. The Amish and Mennonite residents feel right at home in those communities.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's upstate. Isn't that like republican central?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Upstate, downstate, all around state. Anywhere outside of large urban centers-state.

    It's the same all around America. Further from the cities you get, the more you find people exhibiting inexplicable Southern affectation, MAGA cultism and general shitheel behavior. Like, there are portions of North East OH that are geographically closer to Canada than the Mason Dixon Line, yet they're still flying traitor flags and sound more southern than actual southerners.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    That Erie Canal route basically drags the rest of the state around kicking and screaming.

    Even if the Syracuse, Utica, Rochester, Buffalo types resent being associated with NYC, they still vote the same shade of blue more often than not. Just a difference between east coast lefty vs Midwest lefty, because seriously, Erie Canal cities are just the furthest flung eastern fringes of the Midwest

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