Which is the problem. We need to fight the culture wars rather than being scared. The thing with Akin could have exposed the fact that the democrats do support unrestricted abortion.
Exposing the fact that Dems support unrestricted abortion could be useful. Also measures like banning public funding for abortion would be palatable IMO.
But beyond that GOP needs to stay away from looking like it’s trying to impose moral dictates upon society that a majority of individuals don’t want.