A new "pro-life" pharmacy refusing to dispense contraceptives has opened up in Chantilly, Virginia.

Jessica Forres reports...

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Kathleen Leffas is fill her prescription at DMC or Divine Mercy Care pharmacy. She is with her young daughter.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE HER WITH A PRO-LIFE VIEW OF THE WORLD AND HAVE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR HER.

Robert Laird is with a non-profit group that owns and operates DMC. He says the pro-life pharmacy, located next to a Catholic bookstore, doesn't sell birth-control pills, condoms, cigarettes or pornographic magazines.

BASICALLY BIRTH CONTROL IS ANTI-LIFE, BIRTH CONTROL ISN"T HEALTH CARE AND SO MUCH OF SOCIETY HAS HEADED THAT WAY AND THERE'S A LARGE CONTINGENT IN OUR SOCIETY THAT DOESN'T LIKE BIRTH CONTROL AND THEY WANT TO GO TO A PLACE AND PRACTICE THEIR FAITH AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO PROVIDE.

Marjorie Signer is with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, an interfaith organization.

IT'S TRYING TO SUGGEST THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IMMORAL WITH BIRTH CONTROL PILLS AND SOMETHING IMMORAL ABOUT CONDOMS AND THAT KIND OF THINKING IS GOING TO HAVE A TERRIBLE, NEGATIVE RESULT FOR SOME KIDS THOSE KIDS ARE AT EVEN GREATER RISK OF UNINTENTIONAL PREGNANCY AND OF GETTING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESES.

Laird says the pharmacy is the seventh one to open in the U.S.