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
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The Fighting Irish Shouldn鈥檛 Pick a Fight with Women鈥檚 Equality
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Bishops鈥� Policy for Immigrant Teenagers: Sorry You Were Raped, but We Won鈥檛 Help You
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Reproductive Rights Shouldn't Be Just for the Rich
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A Ray of Hope for Women in the Lone Star State: Victory in the Supreme Court
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