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 20, 2012
It Doesn鈥檛 Matter How Many Lawsuits Are Filed, the Contraception Rule Is Constitutional
Nov 15, 2012
More Challenges to the Contraception Rule, More Misguided Arguments
Oct 25, 2012
Another Challenge to the Federal Contraception Rule, Another Friend-of-the-Court Brief
Oct 1, 2012
A Victory for Women: Employer Can't Use Its Religion to Deny Birth Control Coverage for Its Employees
Aug 30, 2012
Religion Doesn鈥檛 Justify Discrimination: 桃子视频Files Brief in Third Contraception Rule Challenge
Aug 15, 2012
Another Contraception Challenge, Another Misguided Argument
Aug 3, 2012
History Is On Our Side: Why the Federal Contraception Rule is Constitutional
Jul 27, 2012
Court鈥檚 Ruling to Allow Employer to Discriminate Out of Step; Threatens Women鈥檚 Health
Jul 18, 2012
One Down and 23 to Go: Judge Tosses Baseless Challenge to Birth Control Coverage
Mar 12, 2012
Not Again: Two More Pharmacies Refuse to Sell Emergency Contraception to Men