Current Programs
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. Therefore, the Duvall Project is dedicated to ensuring that all individuals in Pennsylvania and the U.S. have access to safe and legal reproductive health programs. The Duvall Project works to achieve this goal through research, education, advocacy, and litigation.
Working to raise awareness and affect policy change on a state and national level, the Duvall Project is a member of numerous coalitions involving pro-choice and anti-sexual assault organizations. Its current education and advocacy efforts address issues such as access to emergency contraception (EC or "the morning-after pill") particularly for survivors of sexual assault, minors' access and ability to consent to confidential healthcare, and opposing abstinence-only-until-marriage sexuality education in public schools.
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.
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.
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