The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is raising eyebrows for altering a quote from the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in order to be more inclusive.
Saturday marked one year since Ginsburg died at age 87 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The ACLU took to Twitter and commemorated the day by invoking her support for abortion, alluding to the Texas abortion law that has sparked a political firestorm.
“With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, we lost a champion for abortion and gender equality. And on the anniversary of her death, the fight to protect abortion access is more urgent than ever,” ACLU tweeted.
The tweet included a quote, which read, “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 [them], [they are] being treated as less than a full adult human responsible for [their] own choices.”
However, Ginsburg actually said, “The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself. When the government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a full adult human responsible for her own choices.”
Despite being days old, the tweet didn’t catch fire until Wednesday.
“This has to be a joke. They redacted an RBG quote to remove from it ‘offensive’ references to women,” Babylon Bee writer Frank Fleming reacted.
“ACLU altering RBG’s quote to remove references to women. That’s a fun precedent!” Washington Free Beacon reporter Chuck Rock exclaimed.
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