then women, money and politics. [777] [777] >> hello i'm bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, the vatican and women. a number of remarkable events surrounding the papacy took place this week. most recently, pope emeritus benedict xvi emerged from retirement to respond to criticism of his handling of the priest pedophilia scandalment he denied accusations that he covered up sexual abuse by priests. meanwhile, former father greg reynolds of australia became the first person excommunicated under the papacy of pope francis. he is an outspoken supper of women's ordination and gay marriage. then, there was a slew of publicity and positive reaction from catholics around the world last week to pope francis' remarks criticizing the church in his words he said the church should drop its obsession with devicive issues such as gay rights and abortion and contraception. there was less coverage of his reversal a day later. he lectured catholic object city tricks budget cuts evils of abortion saying every presentingty aborted bea

hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. i first, global rape concerns. across the globe concerned citizens are calling on judicial systems to do more to stop rape. in india the death penalty for four men convicted this week of brutally beating and raping a woman on a bus. she died two weeks later. as a result of the inter national uproar that followed, the indian government passed a law approving the death penalty. in the u.s., a naval academy case drew indignation after defense attorneys asked the victim vulgar sexual questions. and a judge in montana was criticized and apologized for saying an underage rape victim was fully in control of her situation. this week comes a shocking u.n. survey of men and rape in asia. almost one in four men in six asian or asian-pacific countries admitted to raping one or more women, about half, while they were still teenagers. many men surveyed said they believed they had a right to control women

hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, health care reform. in a few weeks americans can start signing up for obamacare health insurance. but that won't end the debate. there's still a robust campaign led mainly by republicans to defund the affordable care act. the administration along with corporate partners is spending almost three-quarters of a billion dollars to educate the public, especially young healthy adults, about obamacare. this week a new survey finds that outreach may be working. the morning consult tracking poll shows 56% of adults 18 to 29 years old support the law, and 35% are almost certain or very likely to enroll. on the other side, 58% of americans over 65 disapprove of the law. only 8% are likely to consider purchasing from the exchanges. congresswoman norton will young, healthy americans save obama care? >> refreshing, bonnie. entire cohort that ignores the 40th republican repeal of health care and