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may 14, 2008 - National Right To Life Endorses Scontras for Congress!

Acknowledging Clear Differences in the Two Candidates' Positions, Flagship Pro-Life Group Issues Rare Endorsement in Republican Primary Election

PORTLAND - The National Right to Life Political Action Committee announced today their endorsement of 1st District Republican Congressional Candidate Dean Scontras. Given the strong support for Life among Maine's Republican Primary electorate, the endorsement gives Scontras significant momentum during the final weeks of the campaign. National Right to Life has more than 25,000 members in Maine's 1st Congressional District.

"This endorsement reflects your commitment to renewing a culture of life, not only in Maine, but throughout the nation," National Right to Life Executive Director David O'Steen told Scontras. "We look forward to working with you in Congress to restore legal protection for innocent life. Your willingness to take up the fight for life along the campaign trail and in the U.S. Congress makes us proud to endorse you."

"I am proud of this endorsement," said Scontras. "I have said throughout this campaign that I am proudly pro-life, and I will not change my beliefs for political expediency. As President Reagan pointed out, it is impossible to diminish the importance of the unborn life without diminishing respect for all human life. I will boldly defend this, the most basic of our values, when I get to Washington."

"It is very rare for National Right to Life to get involved in a primary election," said campaign manager Michael Pajak. "The fact that they have endorsed Scontras reflects the glaring difference between the two Republican candidates on this fundamental issue. Republican voters clearly have a choice in this race. Only one candidate, Dean Scontras, has pledged to defend the unborn. It is important that pro-life voters know that."

Founded in 1973 in response to Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court decision that legalized the practice of human abortion in all 50 states, the goal of the National Right to Life Committee is to restore legal protection to innocent human life. The National Right to Life Committee has grown to over 3,000 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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A third generation Maine native, Dean Scontras was born and raised in Kittery and graduated from the University of Maine, where he played football for the Black Bears. Scontras lives in Eliot with his wife Dawn and their two children, Jack and Zoe.

For more information on the Dean Scontras for Congress Campaign, please visit our website, www.teamdean08.com or call campaign manager Michael Pajak at (207) 807-0994 to schedule an interview on this issue.

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