About the Duvall Project
As part of the Foundation of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Duvall Project views reproductive freedom as a core civil liberty and a foundation of the right to privacy. The Duvall Project defends and advances reprodutive rights and liberties in Pennsylvania through research, education, advocacy, and litigation to ensure access to safe and legal reproductive health services for all.
The Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project envisions a world that:
- recognizes sexuality and health as fundamental human rights;
- guarantees reproductive freedom as a constitutional liberty, recognized both independently and in connection with equal rights for women and the rights of privacy, sexual autonomy, and religious freedom;
- provides everyone with the information and services they need to lead healthy lives and to achieve their reproductive health goals.
The Duvall Project's current education and advocacy efforts address issues such as opposing abstinence-only-until-marriage sexuality education and supporting comprehensive sex education in public schools, minors' access and ability to consent to confidential healthcare, increasing health care services for incarcerated women, and increasing access to emergency contraception (EC or "the morning-after pill") particularly for survivors of sexual assault.
History
The Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project was founded in 1979 by Linn Duvall Harwell in response to her mother's tragic death. Linn's mother, Clara Bell Duvall, died from complications of a self-induced abortion in 1929. She was 34 years old. Five young children, including Linn, were left without a mother because safe and legal abortion was not available. Linn created this organization to ensure that other women do not suffer the same fate as her mother.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, the Duvall Project has been part of the ACLU of Pennsylvania since 2000. The Duvall Project is a non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization supported by individual contributions, grants from private organizations, and special events.
The Duvall Project's 30th Anniversary (video link)
Your Local Hospital & EC Raising Her Voice National ACLU RFP Choice Link Up
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