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Brigitte Amiri

Deputy Director

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµReproductive Freedom Project

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

Sep 16, 2009

Mississippi Officials Need a Civics Lesson on Constitution Day

Mississippi Officials Need a Civics Lesson on Constitution Day

Sep 11, 2009

Mississippi's No-No Square Around the First Amendment

Mississippi's No-No Square Around the First Amendment

Jul 2, 2009

The Games Sheriff Arpaio Continues to Play With Women's Health

The Games Sheriff Arpaio Continues to Play With Women's Health

Jan 16, 2009

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Jan 12, 2009

Show Some Compassion

Show Some Compassion

Jan 5, 2009

A New Year's Resolution for a New Sex Ed Policy

A New Year's Resolution for a New Sex Ed Policy

Nov 25, 2008

We Sure Could Use that $1.5 Billon...

We Sure Could Use that $1.5 Billon...

Nov 18, 2008

Alone, Vulnerable, and Without Access to Vital Reproductive Health Care

Alone, Vulnerable, and Without Access to Vital Reproductive Health Care

Oct 3, 2008

When Will We Learn? The Many Failings of Abstinence-Only Programming

When Will We Learn? The Many Failings of Abstinence-Only Programming

Jun 30, 2008

The 8th Circuit Court Okays South Dakota’s Political Interference in Women’s Personal Medical Decision-Making

The 8th Circuit Court Okays South Dakota’s Political Interference in Women’s Personal Medical Decision-Making