Catholic Teaching on Birth Control: Beyond Common Misunderstandings I Prof. Gina Noia

The Thomistic Institute

Prof. Gina Noia explores the Catholic Church's nuanced teachings on birth control, responsible parenthood, and the moral distinctions between natural family planning, direct contraception, and sterilization, rooted in theological and philosophical reasoning.


This lecture was given on October 1st, 2024, at North Carolina State University.


For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.


About the Speaker:


Gina Maria Noia, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence College. She received her PhD in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology. Outside of academia, you’ll find her spending time outdoors with her (philosopher) husband, Justin Noia, PhD, and their vivacious children.


Keywords: Catholic Marriage, Catholic Moral Theology, Contraception Ethics, Double Effect Principle, Gaudium et SpesHumanae Vitae, John Paul II, Natural Family Planning, Responsible Parenthood, Theology of the Body

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Prof. Gina Noia explores the Catholic Church's nuanced teachings on birth control, responsible parenthood, and the moral distinctions between natural family planning, direct contraception, and sterilization, rooted in theological and philosophical reasoning.


This lecture was given on October 1st, 2024, at North Carolina State University.


For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.


About the Speaker:


Gina Maria Noia, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence College. She received her PhD in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology. Outside of academia, you’ll find her spending time outdoors with her (philosopher) husband, Justin Noia, PhD, and their vivacious children.


Keywords: Catholic Marriage, Catholic Moral Theology, Contraception Ethics, Double Effect Principle, Gaudium et SpesHumanae Vitae, John Paul II, Natural Family Planning, Responsible Parenthood, Theology of the Body

2025-07-25 47 min
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