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So be forthright and clear that you’re advocating for Woman Rabbis. That’s what smicha is. Writing “There is a difference between having semicha and being a Rabbi” is simply muddying what you’re trying to accomplish. Someone with Rabbinic Ordination (smicha) is a Rabbi.
Additionally, women cannot sit on a beis din and a heter hora’ah is considered a license to do so. So a heter hora’ah doesn’t work for that reason as well. Furthermore, we should not deplete the title of Rav from its meaning of the way it has been understood throughout the doros. Moreso, advanced learning of Torah Shebaal Peh is forbidden for women so they cannot be Torah teachers in the full sense. And finally, there is an issue of tznius with women in public leadership positions (or speaking publicly in front of large gatherings of men).