Increasingly, the cornerpharmacy is no longer stocking a product used by many Americans, birth control. The pharmacy owners say they have a right to withhold products and services they find objectionable. But critics say these drugstores are trampling on the rights of women to obtain safe and legal contraceptives. Now, some lawmakers are getting involved. With our "Closer Look" tonight, here’s ABC's Gigi Stone.
Kay pharmacy in Grand Rapids, Michigan, looks like any other pharmacy. But there are some things you won't find. No condoms. No birth control. Owner Mike Koelzer, sent this letter to his customers, telling them he would no longer be filling their prescriptions for contraception.
“You feel so strong about this, you're willing to lose business?” “I was and will be willing to lose the business in order to not be a... be a part of something that I don’t agree with.” Individual pharmacists refusing to sell birth control is not new. But this is a new front in the culture war: privately-owned pharmacies refusing to sell birth control or contraceptives because it violates their religious beliefs.
A group called Pharmacists For Life claims it is a growing movement. This deeply disturbs married mother, Megan Kelly. When she tried to fill her monthly birth control pills, a pharmacist refused. “Very, very shocking and very unsettling. And one of those moments, where, you know, as, like, a female, you're not sure if you want to cry, if you want to get really mad.”
Megan filed a complaint with the State of Illinois, which now requires pharmacies to fill all prescriptions. California and New Jersey recently enacted similar laws. But in most states, pharmacies can refuse to sell anything they don't want to. Some women's rights advocates say women who are denied will seek out unsafe alternatives.
“Without access to this essential health care, women's health and their lives are at risk.” But independent pharmacy owners who object to contraception argue they have the right to decide what they sell and people should be able to choose for themselves. The Koelzers have chosen not to use birth control. They have nine children. Gigi Stone, ABC News, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
corner : 구석진 곳, 외딴곳, 변두리 * all the (four) corners of the earth [world] 세계의 구석구석 * from the four corners of the world 세계 도처로 부터 pharmacy : 약학, 제약학, 제약업, 약국 * pharmacist 제약자, 약(제)사 stock : (물품을) 들여놓다, 재고품으로 쌓아두다, <상품 등을> 비축하 다, 저장하다, 재고품, 저장품, 저장, 비축 birth control : 피임 * birth-control pill 피임약 withhold : ~을 억누르다, 제지[저지]하다, ~을 주는 것을 보류하다 ex. withhold the truth from a person 진상을 남에게 알리지 않다. ex. withhold one's rage 분노를 억누르다. objectionable : 반대할 만한, 이의가 있는, 못마땅한 drugstore : 약국 (미국에서는 약품류 이외에 일용 잡화 화장 품 담배 책 등도 팔고 소다수 커피 등도 팔았는데, 지금은 supermarket이 나 fast food 가게에 밀려 전처럼 잘되지는 않음.) trample : 내리 밟다, 짓밟다 * trample on ~ : ~을 짓밟다 ex. You have no right to trample on people's feelings! contraceptive : 피임(용)의, 피임약[용구] prescription : 처방, 처방약, 명령 [지시, 규정] 하는 일, 규정, 규 칙, 법규 ( prescribe : 명령하다, 지시하다 (order), 규정하다, 처방하다) * prescription drug : 처방약 (의사의 처방전이 필요한 약) ↔ over-the- counter drug (= nonprescription drug) 처방전없이 살 수 있는 약 * Do you have a prescription? 처방전 가져 왔습니까? * Will you fill this prescription, please. 이 약 좀 지어 주세요. contraception : 피임(법) front : 앞, 전방, 최전선, 활동 무대 [범위, 영역] * news from the business front 업계 뉴스 disturb : (마음 일 등을) 방해하다, 혼란시키다, 교란하다 ex. Do not disturb! 입실 사절, 깨우지 마시오 (호텔 등의 방문에 거는 팻 말의 문구) * disturbing : making you feel extremely worried or upset ex. I found the book deeply disturbing. / ex. disturbing images of war and death unsettling : 동요하게 하는, 불안하게 하는 / something that is unsettling makes you feel nervous, confused, or upset * unsettling news 민심을 소란케 하는 뉴스 file : 세로줄, ( 항목별로 ) 철하다, 철하여 정리 보관하다, < 고 소 등을 > 제기하다 , 제출하다 * file/bring a suit (against): ex. The family has filed a lawsuit against the company. ex. A number of them have filed formal complaints against the police. ex. I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later. complaint : 불평, 불만, 불평거리, 소송[민원]제기, 소장 enact : <법률을> 제정하다 * enactment : (법의) 제정 advocate : 옹호 [변호, 지지] 하다 (to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things), 주창자, 대변자 (someone who strongly and publicly supports someone or something) * advocate for: ex. an advocate for women's sports ex. advocate war[peace] 전쟁 [평화] 을 주장하다 deny : ~을 부정[부인]하다, ~를 (남)에게 주지 않다, 사용하지 못하게 하다. ex. He denied having said so. 그는 그런 말을 한 적이 없다고 말했다 ex. deny someone something: There are parents who refuse to deny their children anything. ex. deny something to someone: Doctors were accused of denying treatment to older patients. ex. be denied something: He had been denied the right to speak to his lawyer. seek out : ~을 찾아내다 alternative : [보통 the ~] 둘 중에서의 선택, 양자 택일, 다른 방 도, 대안, 양자 택일의, 대신의 ex. the alternative of death or submission 죽음이냐 항복이냐 둘 중의 하나 ex. There is[I have] no (other) alternative. 달리 방도가 없다. / ex. an alternative plan 대안 / ex. alternative fuels 대체연료 access : ~ 에 접근하는 길, (물건을) 이용 [입수]하는 기회, (남에 게의) 접근, 면회 (의 기회), ~ 에 접근하다, 입수[이용]하다 * accessible : (장소·사람 등이) 접근하기 쉬운, 출입할 수 있는, 면접하기 쉬운 ex. Access to up-to-date financial information is important to our success. ex. gain access: Some groups still have difficulty gaining access to the information. ex. She's one of a handful of aides with direct access to the president. ex. There is easy access to the countryside by rail. object to ~ : ~에 반대하다 ex. China and India formally objected to the peace plan. ex. I object to paying that much for gas.