Anita Wilson

West Virginia Field Consultant

Ms. Wilson has been involved in the reproductive rights movement for over three decades. An active member of Clergy and Lay Consultation Service on Abortion in Dayton, Ohio, before Roe v. Wade, she founded the Dayton Women’s Health Center in 1973 and was the Executive Director until 1997.  During her tenure there, she served on several local, state and national boards including Freedom of Choice Ohio, NARAL of Ohio, and the National Abortion Federation. Ms. Wilson was a contributing editor to the National Abortion Federation’s first “Standards of Abortion Care” and its subsequent Clinical Policies. Since leaving the center, she have been active in a variety of reproductive health centers as well as worked on related human rights issues. Ms. Wilson holds a BA in Social Work, a MS in Mental Health Counseling, and is a National Certified Counselor (though currently retired) and a Licensed Professional Counselor State of Ohio.