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
Jul 14, 2010
Act Now: Tell Kathleen Sebelius to Ensure Access to Abortions at Religiously Affiliated Hospitals
Jul 8, 2010
It Takes Two to Tango
Jul 1, 2010
Religious Doctrine Can't Trump Patients' Lives and Health
Apr 1, 2010
Keeping the Courthouse Doors Open to Protect Reproductive Health Care and Religious Liberty
Mar 24, 2010
A Victorious Step Toward Ensuring Reproductive Health Care for Trafficking Victims
Mar 10, 2010
Every Day Should Be National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers
Mar 1, 2010
We'll be Watching You, Sheriff Arpaio
Feb 26, 2010
If God Has a Plan For Sex, Does Obama Have a Plan for Monitoring Programs Overseas?
Feb 1, 2010
A Presidential Proclamation Is Not Enough
Oct 21, 2009
Let's Do Some Math, Sheriff Joe