Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy closes in D.C. area

CHANTILLY, Va. The only pro-life pharmacy in the metropolitan area of the nation’s capital is closing, according to published reports.

The Catholic News Agency reported that the Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy, in northern Virginia, was having financial difficulties and would need hundreds of thousands of dollars and would have to quintuple its customer base to stay open.

The pharmacy carried many of the same products as other pharmacies, but did not have contraceptive products, according to the CNA report.  The pharmacy’s prescription records have been transferred to the local CVS store.