The problem isn’t “talking about rape.” As long as liberals in the media know that Republicans are ignorant and/or fundamentally unprincipled on the subject of life they will continue to bring focus there.
Just answer them as follows:
“Killing an innocent person for the crime of another person is barbaric, don’t you think? Personally, I believe in due process and equal protection for every single innocent person in this country. Those are the principles upon which this country, and our entire system of law and justice, are premised. How about you? Don’t you believe in equality?”
The most they can do after that is babble nonsensically. But mostly, in my experience, they just shut up and go away.
How about this:
“Rape is a CRIME. It is a personal, traumatic crime. Every resource should be made available to a person who is a victim of such a trauma. They alone get to decide how to move forward after experiencing such a horrible assault. It’s horrible beyond words. Abortion is not a crime. Rape is. Do you see the difference now? I will not exploit rape victims to make a political point or as an excuse to set policy. I think that would be cruel.” or something like that,,we could do our conservative reps a favor by having a debate thread,,why not? Where we poke holes in every possible issue so that the conservative side can think about a strategy and come up with a response. What do you say Jim? We can call it the “Devil’s Advocate” forum and throw slings/arrows at conservative positions in order to shore them up for prime time.