[ ] hello im bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first children and terrorism. Recent traft acts have the u. S. And europe on high alert but authorities are not just on the look out for masked men. More and more they are seeing women and children committing acts of terror. In nigeria, boko haram used a 10yearold girl as a suicide bomber. Isis released a video of a child participating in an assassination. And Hayat Boumeddiene took part in the terror attract on the Kosher Grocery in paris her husband Amedy Coulibaly is believed to have connections to isis. We are looking at girls sometimes they are 13 and 14 years old a lot of the kind of recruitment mirrors the ways in which pedophiles go after Young Children on the internet. It is a very abusive and its a very insidious form of trying to build rapport and trust. But most women who sign up for isis do not become soldiers. More often they are trained to be housewive
Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, legal wrangling over abortion a federal Appeals Court heard arguments this week about a hotly contested texas law that could be the new frontier for the abortion rights debate. The law mandates a strict set of building codes for clinics requiring upgrades that could cost millions. Prolife proponents say theyre necessary to ensure the safety of women. But prochoice groups say the clinics do not need the upgrades, cant afford to comply and will close. Abortion Rights Groups claim their opponents are using an underhanded strategy to close clinics and limit access by pretending they are concerned about Womens Health. Fifth circuit judges in new orleans will decide if the law is constitutional. Is the new strategy for pro life groups by writing clip particulars upgrade and in effect closing them . Pretty much bonnie. So far the right has not been able to bring down
[ ] hello im bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary a discussion of news and social trends. Up first, Sexual Assault. A rape and other forms of violence against women starting to be taken more seriously . Commentators say the nfls swift reaction to the newest case of player misconduct is a good sign. The San Francisco nfl team is releasing ray mcdonald after he was identified as a suspect in a Sexual Assault case. This is a turnaround for the nfl which ways pilloried for the response to ray rices Domestic Abuse charge and did not act upon an earlier accusation against mcdonald himself. Theres been a lot of change this year on the issue of campus rape. The white house launched the first ever task force on stopping rape on campus and the university of virginia revised its policy after a Rolling Stone article that recounted one students rape became national news. New questions keep coming up about the veracity of that alleged rape victims story. Feminists are worried the controversy will
Hurting womens causes . Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, the white house pay gap. Does president obama practice what he preaches . Former hp president and republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina reignited that pay equity debate this week. Fiorina confronted obama Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett charging that the president is not paying women equally, by his own measures in his own white house. Jarrett refuted the charge saying white house women staffers are paid equally. Theyre both sort of right. According to white house salary data released last july, the average male staffer earns just more than 88,000 per year while the average woman staffer earns just more than 78,000 per year. The reason, as fiorina referenced, is that men are likely to be in more senior positions reaction to his comments during state of the union, will it ignite a new debate over pay equity . Bonnie, i think, br
Supportive of that and i think he wants to put the church in a larger context. But there are some realities that eventually he has to go beyond talking. And abortion is one and the role of women and particularly of nuns. Because this is an issue he has raised he wants to come up with a deeper theology of women which a nun wrote in Time Magazine she didnt know what that meant. There is a lot of deep theological analysis by nuns. Its not a new concept because he avoiding the bottom line issue what is the role nuns will have . He publicly said the ordination of nuns is closedp the excommunication of the priest in australia who is known supporting the ordination of nuns is telling you where he is going. And this is not going to be easy for him. This is not going to getaway with words. He has to start acting if he is going to maintain his popularity. I was going to say the priest excommunicated was not just because of the issue of supporting nuns being Holding Higher offices or seats. But t