Bio
Brigitte Amiri is a deputy director at the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project. She has been litigating reproductive rights cases for nearly twenty years. She is currently involved in numerous challenges, including leading the lawsuit against Kentucky's 6-week abortion ban and is a member of the team challenging Texas Senate Bill 8. Ms. Amiri has been an adjunct assistant professor at New York Law School and Hunter College. She serves on the Ibis Reproductive Health Board of Directors and previously served on the Law Students for Reproductive Justice's Board of Directors. Before joining the ACLU, Ms. Amiri worked as an attorney 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
![Woman looking depressed](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-florida-abortion-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 5, 2016
The Obama Administration Is Allowing Religious Organizations to Restrict Health Care for the Most Vulnerable, but We Just Won the First Round
![Women Affected by Catholic Hospitals](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-home-ch-1160x768-v01-400x266.jpg)
Nov 2, 2016
Catholic Hospitals Denied These Women Critical Care. Now They’re Speaking Out.
![Hospital Doctor Yellow](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-hospitalrefusals-1160x768-v02-400x266.jpg)
Sep 16, 2016
Texas Claims it ‘Zealously Protects the Physician-Patient Relationship.’ Tell That to Texas Women Trying to Access Abortion.
![Tamesha Means](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-tamesha-400x266.jpg)
Jun 17, 2016
Seeking Justice For Tamesha Means in Court Today
![Pregnant woman](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-liberty-pregnantworkers-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 24, 2016
The Federal Government Must Stop Catholic Hospitals From Harming More Women
![Protester holding up "Don't take away my birth control" sign](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-scotuscontraception-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 25, 2016
Can Your Boss Claim Their Religion Means You Can’t Get Birth Control Coverage?
![Protester holding up "Don't take away my birth control" sign](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-scotuscontraception-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 7, 2016
What Do Children’s Doctors and Nuns Have in Common? They Both Support Women’s Access to Contraception.
![Bishop](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-bishop-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Nov 18, 2015
One of the Nation’s Largest Catholic Hospital Systems Says It Can Deny Women Emergency Care Because of Its Religious Affiliation
![Protester holding up "Don't take away my birth control" sign](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-scotuscontraception-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Nov 12, 2015
What Is It Called When Bosses Use Their Religious Beliefs to Block Employees’ Insurance Coverage for Contraception?