[OneWingedShark]

>>A very easy answer to the abortion question regarding forcible rape is to simply say something like "It's not the baby's fault, and that's just how I feel - next question". If Akin had simply said that, him and 10 others would be taking over the Senate. But the damage, obviously, spilled over to Romney, as it got women thinking about something other than the economy.
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>Another good way to handle it is as follows. Just say two things, and nothing else:
>1. Rape is a crime and the perpetrator should be punished.
>2. Abortion should only be considered if the life of the mother is unquestionably threatened by continuing the pregnancy.
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>Then call for the next question. Say no more. Shut your big mouth. The first answer frames the question properly and places the responsibility on the perpetrator, where it should be. The second sums up your position without injecting concepts like "legitimate rape", a magic uterus, or God's will, things that the media will twist and conflate and utterly destroy you with, and of course the average voter, not being very smart, will buy it.

Better yet, when the question about such rape comes up respond with: "Why do you want to kill someone for something that their parent did? Your position makes as much sense as throwing you in prison for 20 years because your mother cheated on her taxes."

[BobL]

“Why do you want to kill someone for something that their parent did? Your position makes as much sense as throwing you in prison for 20 years because your mother cheated on her taxes.”

NO!! That would also get thrown in our faces. The media would say something like “Joe Shark thinks that abortion is no different than killing someone.”

At least that’s my take on how it would get twisted.

[chimera]

Another good answer. Would that our candidates were as politically astute as FReepers, at least on this particular issue.