Laird explained why people are not using birth control and are instead selecting other options. “Birth control is not good health care. Birth control makes healthy reproductive organs sick and prevents the marital act from completion. This is not healthcare. Birth control is a lifestyle choice,” Laird explained to CNA, adding that, “Many [people] reject such choices for moral and health reasons.”
As an alternative, Laird said that the pharmacy carries Natural Family Planning materials from the Couple to Couple League. He also noted that the League teaches NFP classes in the area and that DMC Pharmacy “supports the work of the League and supports these classes.”
Bishop of Arlington Paul S. Loverde lauded Divine Mercy Care group for these efforts to protect human dignity during the blessing of the pharmacy. “At a time when healthcare is often robotic and non-personal, you bring together a concept which treats the human person with the dignity and respect which he or she deserves from the moment of conception to natural death.”
As Bruchalski explains, the goal of DMC is to be “professional, personal, and passionate about how we infuse our community with the love of Jesus Christ. We must not separate our faith from our work. The God of science is also the God of revealed religion.”