Bio
Brigitte Amiri is a deputy director at the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project. She has been litigating reproductive rights cases for over twenty years. Her cases have included challenges to abortion bans and various abortion restrictions, such as prohibitions on Medicaid coverage for abortion, as well as lawsuits to protect Title X, the nation's only dedicated family planning program. She also serves on the Ibis Reproductive Health Board of Directors. Before joining the ACLU, Ms. Amiri worked at South Brooklyn Legal Services in the Foreclosure Prevention Project and at the Center for Reproductive Rights. She graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1999 and from DePaul University in 1996.
Featured work
Dec 5, 2016
The Obama Administration Is Allowing Religious Organizations to Restrict Health Care for the Most Vulnerable, but We Just Won the First Round
Nov 2, 2016
Catholic Hospitals Denied These Women Critical Care. Now They鈥檙e Speaking Out.
Sep 16, 2016
Texas Claims it 鈥榋ealously Protects the Physician-Patient Relationship.鈥� Tell That to Texas Women Trying to Access Abortion.
Jun 17, 2016
Seeking Justice For Tamesha Means in Court Today
May 24, 2016
The Federal Government Must Stop Catholic Hospitals From Harming More Women
Mar 25, 2016
Can Your Boss Claim Their Religion Means You Can鈥檛 Get Birth Control Coverage?
Mar 7, 2016
What Do Children鈥檚 Doctors and Nuns Have in Common? They Both Support Women鈥檚 Access to Contraception.
Nov 18, 2015
One of the Nation鈥檚 Largest Catholic Hospital Systems Says It Can Deny Women Emergency Care Because of Its Religious Affiliation
Nov 12, 2015
What Is It Called When Bosses Use Their Religious Beliefs to Block Employees鈥� Insurance Coverage for Contraception?
