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In recent years, persons calling themselves “Minnesota Right to Life” have solicited donations, frequently attacking pro-life lawmakers with 100% pro-life voting records and using those false attacks to try to raise money with letters and social media posts. Please do not confuse them with effective groups like MCCL. Despite its deceptive name, Minnesota Right to Life is not affiliated in any way with the National Right to Life Committee. MCCL is the sole Minnesota affiliate of National Right to Life.  

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"Minnesota Right to Life" was created by Ben Dorr, who with his brothers has created numerous other "groups" (spanning multiple issues) in many different states. The same few people also raise large amounts of money for “Minnesota Gun Rights,” a group they say works for 2nd Amendment rights. Disclaimers in fundraising materials for the two groups have sometimes been switched, with legally required disclaimer language for the “pro-life” group instead using the wording of the “pro-gun” group. Not only is this highly unprofessional, but they claim the pro-life and pro-gun groups in Minnesota are run by the same person! Anyone who knows the long hours MCCL staff put in to save innocent lives understands that it would be impossible for a single person to run two such groups. But perhaps not impossible if the daily work of the two groups is primarily to raise money from unsuspecting donors!   

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But even this fundraising is highly suspect. This article notes that between 2016 and 2018, the Minnesota Gun Rights group run by Ben Dorr used 90 percent of all the money it spent for fundraising — that is, to raise more money! And much of that expense was paid to ... you guessed it, a fundraising entity owned by the Dorr family, enriching themselves.   

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Ben Dorr is known for initiating incredibly rude confrontations with legislators, pro-life activists, and even with young children at the State Capitol to get attention (see video above). You can read more about the Dorr brothers and their tactics in stories by FOX 9, The Trace, MPR News, and others. 

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"Minnesota Right to Life" has made false allegations about pro-life legislators and MCCL, and has sought to raise money from well-meaning pro-life people by touting a bill that they falsely assert could immediately end abortion. You can find refutations of these dishonest claims in this 2020 article. 

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