Alice Wolfson | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Barnard College |
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| Known for | Women's health |
Alice Wolfson is an American activist and attorney who specializes in women's health care. A Barnard College graduate and former Fulbright Scholar, she is a veteran political activist in women's reproductive health issues, a lawyer, and a co-founder of the National Women's Health Network.
Wolfson gained prominence for her role at the Nelson Pill Hearings on Capitol Hill, where she and other soon-to-be prominent health feminists were galvanized by their success at warning women of the Pill's dangerous side effects. [1] Wolfson invited fellow feminist Barbara Seaman to testify at the hearings, and worked with her to eventually form the National Women's Health Network. [2] Wolfson's activism is credited with opening up the FDA to consumer observers in order to better ensure that women's health would be addressed. [3] Her efforts also led to the FDA requiring medication package inserts with birth control pills, the first ever prescription drug insert in the United States. [4]
In 1968, Wolfson signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. [5] In the 1990s, she worked to obtain damages for women adversely affected by breast implants. [6]
Wolfson was featured in the 2014 documentary film She's Beautiful When She's Angry , where she advocated for "changing the whole paradigm" of under-represented women's rights in society. [7]
Wolfson argues that the choice of birth control method belongs to the individual woman, as they would be the one affected by its failure. [8] She has also stated that the "work and toil put in by her generation" would be undone if Roe v. Wade was ever overturned. [9]