The American Civil Liberties Union has been slammed over a tweet which altered a famous quote from the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about abortion rights, replacing the word 'woman' with 'person' and swapping female pronouns with 'they.'
'The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a [person's] life, to [their] well-being and dignity… When the government controls that decision for [people], [they are] being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for [their] own choices,' the ACLU posted in a photo on Twitter on the one-year anniversary of Ginsburg's death on Saturday.
It appears that the ACLU removed the term 'woman' and altered the pronouns to be inclusive of trans and non-binary individuals who might also seek an abortion.
But critics slammed the organization for 'erasing women' from a quote by such a famous women's right advocate, Fox reports.
The ACLU tweeted an altered version of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's quote about abortions rights, replacing the word woman and female pronouns with inclusive language
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pictured in 2018, stood as one of the most prominent figures in modern women's rights in America. She co-founded the ACLU's Women's Rights Project in 1972
Twitter users voiced their outrage against the ACLU's move to remove the word 'woman'
'The ACLU literally erasing women,' wrote Greg Scott, of the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom group.
Dave Weigel, of the Washington Post, wrote that changing the quote was not a good look for the ACLU.
'The pronoun wars are bad and silly but editing a Ginsburg quote to remove any reference to "women" looks so clumsy.'
Author Colin Moriarty likened the change to George Orwell's novel, 1984.
'You have become the exact type of language-bending Orwellian institution you once opposed,' he wrote about the ACLU.
Twitter User Maya Forstater added, 'You removed the word woman? From abortion rights? From the woman who co-founded ACLU's Women's Rights Project? Unreal.'
Many on social media criticized the ACLU's tweet
While there were those who understood the ACLU's intention to be more inclusive, some said changing the quote directly was not the proper way to include trans and nonbinary people.
'Yes, her quote seemly fails to include trans individuals who become pregnant, but altering her words is a step too far,' wrote twitter user Brian Wilcox.
Another Twitter user
