Richard Mourdock: Pregnancy

Mitt Romney Dept: Richard Mourdock's comment that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" put Republican candidates from Romney on down on the defensive and sent them scrambling to protect their recent gains among female voters. It was not what most Republicans wanted to be discussing days before an extremely close election largely hinging on concerns about the weak U.S. economic recovery, according to Montreal Gazette. Almost immediately after Mourdock's comment, Republicans distanced themselves from the Indiana Senate candidate though by varying degrees and wASHINGTON - Just as Mitt Romney had hoped to return his focus to jobs and the economy to keep up his momentum in the few days remaining until the U.S. presidential election, a Republican Senate candidate's awkward remark about rape and pregnancy forced the Republican challenger to President Barack Obama to confront the emotional issue of abortion. Asked about Mourdock's comment Wednesday on "The Tonight Show," Obama told host Jay Leno that "Rape is rape. It is a crime." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.