Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) is Minnesota's oldest and largest pro-life organization. MCCL defends the equal dignity and right to life of every member of the human family—including unborn children, pregnant women, and persons who are elderly, sick, and disabled—and opposes the killing of innocent human beings through abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and embryo-destructive research. The mission of MCCL is to secure protection for innocent human life from conception until natural death through effective education, legislation, and political action. MCCL is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian organization. Founded in 1968 by a small group of citizens concerned about the effort to legalize abortion in Minnesota, MCCL has grown to include 70,000 members and 200 chapters across the state. MCCL is the Minnesota affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee.