Dr. Wanda Franz Archives

Why Catholics Choose Life | Magnificat Ministry, Some Women Podcast

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In this Episode of Some Women, Angela, Jackie, and Pat are joined by Dr. Wanda Franz as they discuss why Catholics Choose Life.

Wanda is a developmental psychologist and professor emerita at WVU where she taught from 1973 to 2003. She authored the textbook, Early Childhood Development, Prenatal Through Age Eight. She has also written chapters for several books on fetal development,

post-abortion syndrome, post-abortion trauma in adolescents, and the cognitive implications of arguments regarding abortion.

She served as the President of the National Right to Life Committee for 20 years, in between two terms as President of WV for Life. Among her many accomplishments and accolades, she has spoken on abortion and euthanasia across five continents and presented at the Third World Congress of Pro-Life Movements given by the Pontifical Council on the Family at the Vatican in Rome.

Dr. Franz was married to Gunter N. Franz for 53 years prior to his passing.

Together they had 3 children and now 12 grandchildren.

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