(CNN) -- It's simple, President Obama said. Rape is a crime, and politicians -- especially male politicians -- shouldn't be "making decisions about women's health care." Appearing Wednesday on NBC's "Tonight" show, Obama responded to questions by host Jay Leno about a comment about rape by Indiana's GOP candidate for Senate, Richard Mourdock. Pregnancies occurring after a rape, Mourdock said, were intended by God. "I don't know how these guys come up with these ideas," Obama told Leno. "Let me make a very simple proposition: Rape is rape. It is a crime. And so these various distinctions about rape don't make too much sense to me -- don't make any sense to me."
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President Barack Obama weighs in on comment by GOP Senate candidate
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Richard Mourdock: Even when life starts with rape, it is a "gift from God"
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Comments fuel fight to gain women voters in close presidential race
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Democrats want Mitt Romney to stop endorsing Mourdock
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