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Hi there, 

I'm registered as a Democrat so that I can vote in a primary (not an open primary state) but vote based on the candidate.  My husband was a Republican for many years but switched parties mainly in protest to Bush.  He is a fiscal conservative and for states rights which is what the party used to be about before the Christian Coalition got involved back with Reagan.  Now, in his opinion, the party has been taken over by religious and big business interests.

Our political system, imo, sucks right now.  I would love to see a viable third party come into play but I have a feeling that may take awhile.

Something to consider on the abortion issue is a report released by a group of WHO (World Health Organization) scientists a month or so ago which found that even in countries where abortion is illegal the rate is the same if not more than in countries where it is legal.  They also found that the abortion rate was higher in countries that had abstinence only education and where birth control was not readily available.

For the record, abortion is not something that I personally would be able to do but I also have never found myself in a situation that would cause me to consider it.  If it was made illegal in our country they would still take place at the same rate but in addition to the loss of the fetus many more women would also die.    I would like to see the money that the pro choice and pro life groups spend battling each other spent on more education and  prevention of the procedure.