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guest column
The Fight for Reproductive Freedom
N
ational Council
of Jewish Women
(NCJW) is proud
to launch our Rabbis for
Repro campaign, encouraging
Jewish clergy to teach, write
and speak
out about
reproductive
rights and
Judaism in
the U.S. and
in the Jewish
community.
Now, more than
ever, we need strong Jewish
moral leadership around these
issues.
The Supreme Court’
s ruling
in June, Medical Services v. Russo,
was a huge victory reaffirming
our C
onstitutional right to
abortion access, but the fight
to ensure abortion access is far
from over. It is more important
than ever to reaffirm the Jewish
community’
s commitment to
ensuring all who need it have
access to information and
reproductive health care.
One in four people who can
become pregnant will have
an abortion by age 45. Jewish
tradition views abortion as
essential healthcare not only
permitted but, in some cases,
required when a life is at risk.
That’
s why we are excited to
partner with rabbis, inviting
them to lead the charge to use
their rabbinic capacity to speak
out from their Zoom bimah,
teach a class on reproductive
freedom or partner with a local
NCJW section or reproductive
justice organization. This is an
important moment for Jewish
leaders to speak out for repro-
ductive autonomy.
NCJW is especially pleased
to introduce the Abortion
and Jewish Values Toolkit, an
extraordinary new resource
designed to offer tremendous
support to protect and expand
abortion rights and access for
all.
For more than 125 years, we
have boldly imagined a world
where every person can make
their own moral and faith-in-
formed decisions about their
body, health and future. Now,
in the face of false narratives
and appalling rhetoric con-
cerning this critical issue, it is
more important than ever to
lift up the voices of people of
faith who advocate for bodily
autonomy because of our reli-
gion, not in spite of it.
We invite you to take action
on proactive federal legislation
and to engage with NCJW as
you begin to advocate on your
own, with your friends and in
your community.
Check our website at NCJW
.
org for NCJW’
s Abortion and
Jewish Values Toolkit. You will
find messaging guidance, tools
and insight about our work to
protect and expand abortion
rights framed through a Jewish
lens. There are sample emails,
social media posts and graph-
ics for you to share your sup-
port for reproductive freedom.
Please spread the word and
encourage your rabbis and can-
tors to sign and join Rabbis for
Repro.
Amy Cutler is president, National
Council of Jewish Women, Michigan.
NCJW welcome your comments
and questions. Contact them at the
NCJW|MI office at (248) 355-3300
or email pres@ncjw.org.
Amy Cutler