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
Jan 6, 2012
Another Pharmacy Refuses to Sell Emergency Contraception to a Man
Aug 16, 2011
Drawing a Line in the Sand: Stopping Politicians from Taking Away Insurance Coverage for Abortion Care
Jul 1, 2011
Court Finds South Dakota's Extreme Abortion Law Degrades and Humiliates Women
Jun 27, 2011
God Will Protect You From Sexual Temptation...Or Not
Mar 22, 2011
We'll See You in Court: South Dakota's Governor Signs Outrageous Law Restricting Abortion Care
Mar 3, 2011
Enough Is Enough: The Latest South Dakota Attack on Women鈥檚 Access to Abortion Goes Too Far
Dec 22, 2010
The Obama Administration Must Ensure That Hospitals Provide Emergency Abortion Care
Dec 16, 2010
Don't Let Her Die: Emergency Abortions Must Be Performed At All Hospitals
Nov 17, 2010
Walgreens Continues Gender Discrimination at the Pharmacy
Nov 10, 2010
What's Abstinence Got to do With Degrading Single-Parent Families?