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Roe v Wade to fall, but here we
are,” McMorrow said. “We can-
not expect that marches and
rallies are going to stop what is
coming.
“What we have seen in Texas
proves that the Supreme Court
[and state-level courts] and
state legislatures are not going
to protect us.”
McMorrow said she was
“horrified” at the Supreme
Court’s stance toward the
Texas law that enables boun-
ty hunters to turn in to the
state anyone who affiliates
with helping a woman get an
abortion for a possible $10,000
reward.
“That ruling turns women

and girls into pariahs. Who is
going to take the risk of being
the Uber driver who drives
somebody to an appointment
if they may be sued for $10,000
to be paid to anybody who just
wants to make a quick buck by
demonizing women and girls?
And the Supreme Court stood
by and allowed it.”
The state senator warned
once Roe is overturned,
Michigan may reenact Act
328 of 1931, a state law that
illegalizes not only abortion
but teaching about abortion,
handing out information about
abortion and could be inter-
preted to ban information and
access to contraception. She

reminded the attendees, many
of them too young to remem-
ber, that there was a time when
bleach and cleaner products
were marketed to women as a
way to make a concoction to
end a pregnancy.
“Those are the days we
could slip back to. Outlawing
abortion does not eliminate
abortion, it just puts women
and girls back into a desperate
situation, to a place where they
will not have a choice of when
and if they want to get preg-
nant.”
Though the march was
on Shabbat, Rabbi Marla
Hornsten of Temple Israel
said being present for such an

important issue
was in the spirit
of Shabbat, a day
that Jews set aside
to envision and
pray for a world to
come that is more
just and caring.
“It is very
important for the Jewish com-
munity to have had a presence
here today to support women’s
rights, choice and equality,”
said Hornsten as she walked
along the march route.
“Justice is a crucial part of
Judaism. And there is abso-
lutely nothing in the new Texas
ruling that is supported by
Judaism.”

STACY GITTLEMAN

STACY GITTLEMAN

“IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
TO HAVE HAD A PRESENCE HERE TODAY
TO SUPPORT WOMEN’S RIGHTS, CHOICE
AND EQUALITY. JUSTICE IS A CRUCIAL
PART OF JUDAISM. AND THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE NEW TEXAS

RULING THAT IS SUPPORTED BY JUDAISM.”

— RABBI MARLA HORNSTEN

LEFT: State Sen. Mallory McMorrow addresses the crowd. RIGHT: Marching along Orchard Lake Road.

Rabbi
Marla
Hornsten

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