the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) republished a quote from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Supreme Court judge, on the anniversary of her death. The quote was a

the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) republished a quote from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Supreme Court judge, on the anniversary of her death. The quote was a defence of a woman’s right to have an abortion. But the ACLU’s version—for which it, too, later apologised—replaced every instance of “women” with “people”. Language has to be kept up-to-date, even at the price of accuracy. Reminds me of when Merriam-Webster changed their definition of "sexual preference" to claim the term is widely considered offensive, after Amy Coney Barret used it in her congressional hearing: https://web.archive.org/web/20200928131548/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preference https://web.archive.org/web/20200928131548/https://www.merri... https://web.archive.org/web/20201014032220/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preference#usage-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20201014032220/https://www.merri... Perhaps that will be the next term that is updated in future quotations of Ginsburg, since she used it as well: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/14/sexual-preference-coney-barrett-hirono/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/14/sexual-pref...