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OUR COMMUNITY

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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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