“Every Life. Every Voice. Every Vote. Rebuilding a Pro-life America” with MCCL
We enjoyed hearing from Cathy Blaeser, Co-executive Director of MN Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL). Blaeser has extensive experience in the Pro-life movement: lobbying, consulting, managing from the beginning to the end of life. It was refreshing to see the organizations updated messaging: “Every Life. Every Voice. Every Vote. Rebuilding a Pro-life America”. We learned that 30% of Prolifers are not voting! So, reach out to family and friends to make sure they plan to vote. During the 2026 March for Life, the MCCL displayed 14K life-size fetal models representing all the aborted lives in the past year. Unfortunately, this was 2,000 more than the year before. A victory last year was stopping the effort to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot, which would have made abortion a permanent “right”. Through strategy and coordination with other groups it was a success. We also learned that Minnesota is one of 3 places with state sanctioned infanticide (China and Alberta Canada are the other two). She encouraged us to be vigilant in the fight to protect life. Here is a picture of today’s speaker, as well as pictures of MCCL’s information cards that they distribute. Many thanks for the dedication of MCCL and for updating us today.
You’re invited: Sat. May 2, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Lake Elmo Inn. RSVP by noon Thursday, April 30.
Agenda: Cathy Blaeser, Co-Executive Director – Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life
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Cost: $21. for members; $23. for non-members; membership: $35. (optional); Students $12/age 12 and under; $21/13 and over . Student membership $15/year.
Upcoming meetings:
Sat. June 6, Mitch Berg, Conservative Radio Commentator, Blogger at Shot in the Dark (Shot in the Dark)
Toward a More Consequential Criminal Justice System
We heard an informative presentation from David Zimmer, former law enforcement officer and current Policy Fellow with the Center for the American Experiment. He advocates for public policy that will ensure a more consequential criminal justice system for all Minnesotans. His talk delved into the facts behind the crime data which shows that while the rate of violent crime has declined in most of the State, Minneapolis has not. In the City of Minneapolis, the violent crime rate is 27% higher than in 2018. There continues to be a staffing crisis especially in the METRO area where Minneapolis alone is down 400 officers. He is working with the MN Justice Research Center to help address issues like 1) reducing non-fatal shootings and 2) the recruitment and retention problem. He also addressed the power of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and its impact on criminal justice before answering questions. We appreciate his hard work and expertise.
David Zimmer Policy Fellow CAE