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MCCL is Minnesota's largest pro-life organization. We work to secure protection for innocent human life from conception until natural death. MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE The mission of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life is to secure protection for innocent human life from conception until natural death through effective education, legislation, and political action. LEARN MORE 2026 ELECTION MCCL's General Election Pro-Life Voter's Guide is now available. VIEW NOW THE LATEST It's time the public knows the truth about the bizarre pattern of falsehoods about MCCL from state Sen. Nathan Wesenberg You might have seen attacks recently against MCCL on social media. You deserve to know not the gossip, but the truth. ... Jul 13 Does your vote really matter? The reality: Life-or-death policies in Minnesota often hinge on a single legislative race decided by a small number of votes. ... Jun 29 Down Syndrome shouldn't be a death sentence In the era of genetic testing, when we can know so much about babies while they are still in the womb, there has arisen an alarming practice of deciding to abort babies shown to have Down Syndrome by prenatal testing. ... Jun 19 It's time to take our state back! LEARN MORE Attend an important MCCL meeting in a location near you this fall. UPCOMING EVENTS The Take It Back Tour Recurring More information Election Day Tue, Nov 03 More information 2027 March for Life Fri, Jan 22 More information PRO-LIFE RESOURCES PREGNANT? Find support for your circumstances. GET HELP ABORTION IN MINNESOTA 14,358 abortions were reported in 2024, according to the Department of Health. LEARN MORE THE CASE FOR INCLUSION Every human being has human rights. Both pregnant women and unborn children deserve our support and protection. READ MORE Join us to save lives. DONATE NOW QUICK LINKS RESOURCES Pregnancy help Why pro-life? MN's extreme policies Press releases Get updates Social media EVENTS March for Life Choose Life Drive Legislative Dinner Student Day @ the Capitol Life Leadership Camp Fair outreach GET INVOLVED Contact MCCL Contact lawmakers Book a speaker Donate Volunteer Privacy Policy

Pro-life election resources in Minnesota. PRO-LIFE ELECTION RESOURCES IN MINNESOTA Full Voter's Guide Personalized Voter's Guide November 3 General Election Early voting starts Sept. 18 Does your vote really matter ? When you cast your ballot in the 2026 elections, you have the power to save lives. Learn More Election Information Find your district numbers, polling place, and who will appear on your ballot Vote early by mail or in person Learn more about voting Voter's Guide MCCL's General Election Voter's Guide If you are experiencing viewing issues, the Voter's Guide can also be downloaded here. See the full text of the questions answered by candidates for governor and state offices here. See the full text of the questions answered by state House and Senate candidates here.

Meetings across Minnesota to equip you to save lives and rebuild a pro-life state. It's time to take back our state! As we face growing threats to faith, family, and life in Minnesota, please join MCCL for an important call to action at a location near you. (Choose from among the list below.) At the meeting, we'll share about the radical proposal that would entrench abortion-up-to-birth for years to come, nullify parents' right to protect their children from the harm of gender "transitions," and erase the conscious rights of churches and people of faith. We'll also share why all of this depends on the Nov. 3 election—and how each of us can individually make a much greater difference than we might realize. You'll learn about: Current Minnesota laws and the grave dangers we now face Engaging persuasively with those who don’t yet agree with us The critical need for every single pro-lifer to vote We strongly urge you to plan right now to come—and to bring as many friends and family as you can. Each event is free and part of MCCL's "Take It Back" tour across the state this fall. To receive promotional materials for the meeting near you, contact us at 612-825-6831 or mccl@mccl.org . Please also see the frequently asked questions posted below. We'll see you at the meeting! Upcoming Tour Stops Wed, Sep 23 The Take It Back Tour - Tower / St. Martin's Catholic Church Learn more Sep 23, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM St. Martin's Catholic Church, 108 N 2nd St, Tower, MN 55790, USA Thu, Sep 24 The Take It Back Tour - Cook / St. Mary's Catholic Church Learn more Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM St. Mary's Catholic Church, 124 5th St SE, Cook, MN 55723, USA Thu, Sep 24 The Take It Back Tour - International Falls / AmericInn Learn more Sep 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM AmericInn, 2500 Keenan Dr, International Falls, MN 56649, USA Sat, Oct 03 The Take It Back Tour - St. Cloud (Ft. Chen Guangcheng) / Great River Regional Library - Saint Clo Learn more Oct 03, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Great River Regional Library - Saint Clo, 1300 W St Germain St, St Cloud, MN 56301, USA Come hear from renowned human rights activist Chen Guangcheng—the blind lawyer who exposed forced late-term abortions in China— and learn about similar threats to faith, family, and life here in Minnesota. (Event in Mississippi Room) Mon, Oct 05 The Take It Back Tour - Hastings / The Confluence Hotel Learn more Oct 05, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM The Confluence Hotel, 200 2nd St W, Hastings, MN 55033, USA Tue, Oct 06 The Take It Back Tour - St. Louis Park / Holy Family Catholic Church Learn more Oct 06, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Holy Family Catholic Church, 5900 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA (Event in lower level of the church) More events will be added soon. Frequently Asked Questions Is this free? Can I bring my kids? How long is the presentation? Will this be recorded? How will I know if the event is canceled due to weather or other circumstances? How can I help promote the meeting in my area?

MCCL's annual Student Day at the Capitol brings students to St. Paul for a day of pro-life education and political involvement. Note: Registration for 2027 Student Day at the Capitol will open soon. MCCL's annual Student Day at the Capitol, a long-running program for young people, brings students to St. Paul for a day of pro-life education and advocacy. MCCL’s 2027 Student Day will be offered on January 14, April 6, April 29, and May 4. Students can pick any day to attend. The event is a unique opportunity for students in grades 7-12 to learn about and participate in the political process. The day begins with educational sessions that cover abortion, current legislation, the legislative process, how to lobby elected officials, and more. In the afternoon, most students are able to meet with their own legislators and lobby them to support life. The students may also tour the Capitol and hear from pro-life elected officials. If you are a student in grades 7-12, we invite you to register to attend when registration opens. If you know students who are that age (in your church, school, or community), please invite them to participate. A nominal $20 suggested donation per person covers the cost of lunch. MCCL will provide adult supervision, so parents do not need to stay for the program (although they are welcome to). Please contact MCCL with any questions. Student Day at the Capitol promotional materials will be posted here soon.

The MCCL March for Life commemorates the lives lost to abortion in Minnesota and calls for protection for both mother and child. You're invited to kick off a pivotal year for Life alongside thousands of other pro-lifers at the 2027 MCCL March for Life. As Minnesota’s biggest pro-life event of the year, the March is a unique opportunity to commemorate lives lost, expose Minnesota’s extreme abortion policies, call for change—and generate pro-life momentum heading into the legislative session. The March begins at noon on Friday, January 22, on the grounds of the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul. It will be followed from 12:30 to 1:00 by a program on the Capitol steps featuring speakers, music, and more. January 22 marks the anniversary of the 1973 legalization of abortion, and the MCCL March for Life has been held every year since then. Will you help this event make a lasting impact in our state? Please make plans now to attend, and to bring others with you. We encourage you to pre-register when registration begins (either as an individual or as a school bringing students). Pre-registration is not required (all are welcome!), but it helps MCCL as we plan. Every student (from middle school through college) who pre-registers is guaranteed to receive a piece of FREE pro-life apparel! Help promote the March in your church, community, family, or social media circles. Promotional materials will be available to download. Contact MCCL for sample bulletin announcements. Encourage your church or MCCL chapter to arrange for a bus to transport people to the March. MCCL can help with subsidizing the cost if needed. Directions and parking information are available online. Buses may park along Martin Luther King Blvd. Pro-life signs will be provided, but you are also free to bring your own. In case of severe weather, check this website or your email (or contact MCCL at 612-825-6831) to see if there is a change of plans. We’ll see you on January 22!

Laws can affect abortion and other right-to-life issues. So MCCL works at the Minnesota Capitol to support legislation that saves lives. LEGISLATION The laws and policies our government implements can affect abortion and other right-to-life issues. That's why MCCL works at the state Capitol to support legislation that saves lives. Minnesota's extreme policy : See the current state of abortion law in Minnesota. Sign petition : Sign MCCL's online petition against abortion extremism. Legislative successes : MCCL has helped enact numerous pro-life measures over the decades. Legislative accountability ratings : Check how state lawmakers have voted on right-to-life issues. Contact lawmakers : Find contact information and tips for communicating with your elected representatives.

Held every two years at the start of the legislative biennium, we bring together state legislators and their pro-life constituents. Update: Information about the 2027 Legislative Dinner will be made available soon. The MCCL Legislative Dinner, which is held every other year at the start of the legislative biennium, brings together state lawmakers and their pro-life constituents for an evening of pro-life fellowship and education, especially about legislative matters. This year’s event comes in the wake of extreme new pro-abortion laws in Minnesota, including the repeal of protection for born-alive infants. How can we restore respect for human life in our state? We’ll hear from Sarah Zagorski Jones, who survived an abortion and now advocates for the lives of babies who are at risk like she was. We’ll also benefit from the expertise of Mary Kellett, executive director of Prenatal Partners for Life, who will tell her story of fighting for the life of her newborn baby with disabilities. You won’t want to miss what these women have to share with us. The 2025 Legislative Dinner will be held Tuesday, March 4, at the historic Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul (75 W. Fifth St.). The evening program will begin with a social hour at 6:00 p.m., followed by a served dinner at 7:00 p.m. in the Musser Cortile grand indoor courtyard. Dinner attire is recommended. The cost to attend is $60 (or $50 if registered before Feb. 15) and $25 for students. MCCL invites all Minnesota state senators and representatives to attend this event. It is also important that pro-life citizens attend in order to meet their lawmakers and encourage them to support pro-life legislation. Seating is limited, and pre-paid registrations are required. (Note: If the registration page does not load properly, please contact MCCL at 612-825-6831 to register.)

Minnesota now has as extreme an abortion policy as anywhere in the world. Abortion extremism in Minnesota Did you know? Minnesota’s abortion policy is as extreme as any in the world. In 2023, Minnesota lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz enacted legislation making abortion legal for any reason and at any time throughout pregnancy. They also repealed a previous bipartisan requirement that infants who are born alive receive medically appropriate care that could save their lives. The result of these and other legal changes? Abortions are increasing significantly : A total of 14,124 abortions took place in 2023, a 39 percent rise over just two years, according to the Minnesota Department of Health . Some legislators and advocates now want to permanently enshrine Minnesota’s extreme abortion policy in the state Constitution. If they succeed, future lawmakers would be unable to protect unborn children—even viable babies late in pregnancy who can feel pain. A proposed constitutional amendment (a pro-abortion version of the so-called “Equal Rights Amendment”) was introduced in 2024, but it failed to pass the legislature after Minnesotans all across the state urged their lawmakers to reject it. A poll found that 64 percent of Minnesotans didn’t want abortion included in the amendment (KSTP/SurveyUSA, May 2024). Now, in 2026, advocates are again trying to pass the abortion-up-to-birth amendment (SF 473 ). Contact your state House and Senate members and urge them to oppose the pro-abortion ERA bill Find out how your lawmakers voted on abortion up to birth and leaving babies to die Sign up for email updates from MCCL , and follow us on social media Sign MCCL's petition to restore protection for born-alive infants An explanation of the laws: See the details of Minnesota's abortion-up-to-birth policy and the repeal of protection for born-alive infants . Did lawmakers and Walz really repeal protection for born-alive infants? Here's point-by-point documentation of what actually happened . Who are they leaving out, and why? Learn how Minnesota lawmakers are excluding vulnerable members of the human family . Minnesota isn't so "nice" anymore: Watch and share the video about Minnesota's extreme policy . How we got here A 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court decision, Doe v. Gomez , asserted a right to abortion in the state Constitution and required taxpayer funding of abortion through Minnesota’s Medicaid program. Even though the U.S. Supreme Court no longer requires abortion-on-demand nationwide (as it did under Roe v. Wade ), state courts still impose it here in Minnesota. In 2023, DFL legislative majorities and Gov. Tim Walz went even further. They enacted legislation to enshrine in Minnesota statute a “fundamental right” to abortion up to birth, rejecting any and all gestational limits (HF 1). They also repealed most of Minnesota’s longstanding abortion laws (SF 2995), including laws ensuring full inform ed consent for women and preventing non-physicians from performing abortions. They even repealed Minnesota’s Positive Alternatives Act that provided support and alternatives to abortion for pregnant women who want to carry their babies to term. Newborns denied protection Minnesota law used to guarantee lifesaving care for infants who survive abortion. In 2023, though, the legislature and Gov. Walz repealed the requirement that “reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice” be taken “to preserve the life and health of the born alive infant.” They replaced the requirement for lifesaving measures with a requirement for only “care” (which the bill's author described as mere “comfort" care). Moreover, the new law no longer applies just to babies who survive abortion, but rather to all babies who are born alive. Under the new language, then, any viable infant, whether born as a result of abortion or not, could be denied lifesaving treatment and allowed to die. Babies born with disabilities, whose lives are often devalued, could be especially at risk. In addition, lawmakers and Walz repealed the requirement to report cases in which babies survive abortion (several had been reported in most years) . The public will no longer know how many babies survive abortion—or what care they do or do not receive. Read more: Here's a point-by-point explanation, with documentation, of how the legislature and Walz repealed protection for born-alive infants . Abortions in Minnesota over time Frequently asked questions: Minnesota's extreme abortion policy Does Minnesota law really allow abortion for any reason—all the way up to birth? Yes. In 2023, lawmakers enacted a “fundamental right” to abortion (HF 1) with no limitations at any stage in pregnancy (legislators rejected dozens of amendments that would have made the law more moderate, including amendments to prevent elective abortions in the third trimester). Lawmakers in 2023 also repealed a 1974 law that had limited abortion after viability, leaving no gestational limit remaining in Minnesota statute (SF 2995). Aren’t late abortions extremely rare or non-existent? Although most abortions occur earlier in pregnancy, 300 Minnesota abortions took place at 20 weeks or later in 2023 alone , according to the Department of Health. And the numbers are likely to increase following the 2023 legal changes, which included repeal of the law limiting abortion after viability. (Prior to its repeal, the legal status of the viability law had been unclear, but abortion practitioners still “adhered to it in practice,” according to an analysis in Minnesota Reformer .) Now, no legal obstacle remains to prevent practitioners who focus on abortions late in pregnancy (like Warren Hern ) from setting up shop in Minnesota—or to prevent existing abortion facilities from expanding the window during which they perform abortions. Passage of the proposed constitutional amendment would be a further invitation to anyone who wants to practice late abortion in Minnesota. In fact, a former practitioner of third-trimester abortions in Kansas and New Mexico told the Sahan Journal that she “would not feel comfortable opening a third-trimester practice in Minnesota” when the viability law remained on the books, but that she would be open to it after the law’s repeal. “If I could find a hospital that would provide backup without regard to gestational age, then I would consider setting up a clinic in Minnesota,” she said. “Being surrounded by anti-abortion states, Minnesota would be a good location for a clinic.” Don't late abortions only happen for health reasons? Evidence actually shows that late abortions are usually elective. “Data suggest that most women seeking later terminations are not doing so for reasons of fetal anomaly or life endangerment,” explains a study by leading pro-choice researchers published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health . Arizona has collected data on health reasons for abortion at different stages of pregnancy, and the data indicate that about 80 percent of abortions at 21 weeks or later are not related to health at all (whether fetal health or maternal health). In any case, Minnesota’s policy allows late abortions for any reason and is not limited to reasons of fetal or maternal health. Does the public support Minnesota’s policy? Not a single poll shows that Minnesotans want a no-limits abortion policy. Instead, polls show the opposite. Two polls in late 2022—a Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 poll and a KSTP/SurveyUSA poll—both found that just 30 percent of Minnesotans think abortion should always be legally permitted (Minnesota's policy). A nationwide NPR/PBS/Marist poll in April 2023, meanwhile, found that just 22 percent of Americans support unlimited abortion. DFL lawmakers are decisively out of step with most Minnesotans—and with most of the country and most of the world. Wasn't the previous law protecting born-alive infants unnecessary and burdensome? Data from the Minnesota Department of Health shows that, in most years, three to five babies survive abortion procedures and are born alive. Those babies deserve a right to appropriate medical treatment. Lawmakers who voted to repeal that right in 2023 claimed that the repealed language required futile attempts to save pre-viable infants’ lives. That’s false. In truth, the repealed law simply required “reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice.” After the recent actions of the legislature, newborns are no longer guaranteed care that could save their lives. (Read more about the repeal of born-alive protections .) More: Download this information as a flier

Current abortion legislation in Minnesota: 2026 THREATS TO LIFE IN MINNESOTA: 2024 BILLS The pro-abortion "Equal Rights Amendment" (ERA) Legislators in 2024 are proposing a so-called “Equal Rights Amendment” to the state Constitution that Minnesotans would vote on in November of 2024 or 2026. The current proposal would enshrine a right to abortion up to birth in the Minnesota Constitution. It also removes protection for "creed," which puts the religious and conscience rights of Minnesotans in grave jeopardy, including the right not to be forced to participate in abortion. Tell your legislators to VOTE NO on the dangerous ERA. Learn more about the dangers of the ERA . Mandated abortion coverage A health bill (H.F. 4053 / S.F. 3967) would require that every health insurance plan cover elective abortion. I f the measure becomes law, Minnesotans would be forced to support abortion through their health insurance premiums. Tell your legislators to VOTE NO on the bill to mandate abortion coverage. Assisted suicide The so-called "End-of-Life Option Act " (H.F. 1930 / S.F. 1813) would authorize a doctor to prescribe a lethal drug overdose in order for a patient to intentionally end his or her own life. This bill poses serious risks to members of our society. Tell your legislators to VOTE NO on the bill to legalize assisted suicide. Learn more about the dangers of assisted suicide . Take ac tion now Contact your state lawmakers here , or call your senator at 651-296-0504 and your representative at 651-296-2146. Don't know who represents you? Find out here .

Because of a 2022 court ruling, Minnesota no longer requires that parents be notified prior to an abortion on a minor girl. Some lawmakers have gone further by seeking to erase Minnesota’s parental notification law from the books and deny parents their right to know. But parental involvement helps support minors and protect girls caught in human trafficking (traffickers often use abortion to hide and perpetuate their crimes). Girls are harmed when parents are taken out of the equation. An important study published in Annals of Health Law shows that forced abortion is a common practice among sex traffickers. Heath care providers and abortion facilities, the study notes, "are seeing trafficking victims but failing to identify them, thereby unwittingly contributing to continuing criminal activity and exacerbating both public and private physical and mental health problems for this segment of the population." Laws that require parental notification before abortion—like Minnesota's law—guard against this trafficking of minor girls and allow them to be rescued. One woman, Dr. Brook Bello, was trafficked as a teenager and forced to undergo multiple abortions. “Had my parents been notified, my mother would have been notified what city I was near," she testified . Parental notification could have led to her rescue by law enforcement sooner. See the study and testimony showing the benefits of parental notification in fighting sex trafficking . The connection between trafficking, abortion, and parental notification

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