DAVENPORT, IOWA – During an interview last week with a local television station, Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, declined several times to answer questions about marriage equality, or employer-provided contraception.

The candidate’s wife was interviewed by KWQC-TV anchor David Nelson, who asked her, “Here in Iowa, as you know, same-sex marriage is legal. Do you believe a lesbian mother should be allowed to marry her partner?” Replied Romney: “You know, I’m not going to talk about the specific issues.”

When she was asked whether employers should be required to provide health insurance that covers birth control, Romney declined to respond. “You know, again, I’m going to talk to you about the economy and about job creation, and about how my husband is the right person for the right time.

This is going to be an election that is very important for women, and we are going to make sure that their economic prosperity is more certain under a President Romney.”

Her husband, Mitt Romney, publicly opposes gay marriage and civil unions, and supports a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Romney has also attacked the Obama administration for requiring most religiously affiliated employers to provide coverage for contraception in their employees’ health coverage.