Is a woman who has an abortion guilty of murder?

To be guilty of murder certain conditions must be met.  As a Catholic I have been taught that for a person to be culpable for an action taken, such as abortion, three conditions must be met:  

First, the action taken must be very serious; the Catholic Church is unequivocal in professing that the abortion of a fetus or child within the womb from conception to natural birth is the termination of the life of a human being, and thus is a serious violation of the right to life of that human being.  

Second the woman having the abortion must be cognizant of the seriousness of the act of abortion to the extent of acknowledging that abortion is the termination of a human life.

Third, the woman having the abortion must give full consent to the abortion, knowing that she is killing a human being.

However, for most women, the only condition that may be met, to some extent, is the seriousness of the situation without understanding that the seriousness involves the killing of a human being;  this is so because of the cleverness and success of the propaganda of the abortion industry which has for nearly a century enticed those in the media, in education and in government to believe that eugenics and abortion are necessary to control overpopulation.

Some parents have been indoctrinated by this propaganda, through their education and media they are exposed to, and believe the propaganda that abortion is “safe and legal”; as a result, they may unfortunately subject their daughters to the necessity of having an abortion, should they become pregnant, while still in their parental care at home.

Unmarried women,  becoming pregnant, may be induced, and even forced,  to abort by family, friends, teachers, and the community at large unless they are able to find support from members of the community who care about such women getting good and correct information about the realistic consequences of having an abortion.

God has instilled in women a natural desire to take care of their baby when they become pregnant, whether in marriage or not, and the evidence of this is that statistics show a growing number of single mothers.  Not all women abort if the become “accidentally” pregnant; they may fight their parents, friends and others to give life to their babies.  There are many heroes here.

Many other women who, having believed the lies about a fetus being just a mass of tissue and there is nothing wrong in removing this unformed tissue, have had an abortion and later have learned the truth that they have unwittingly killed their child; none-the less they become the heroes who help other women to keep their baby by telling them the truth about abortion. Many of these women who have had an abortion grow to believe in a loving and merciful God who aids them to realize that they are forgiven and dearly loved.

There may be some women who fit all three conditions, mentioned above, and are culpable in killing their child, but I believe they are few and far between.  The great majority of women who have had abortions have been duped by the masters of deceit in the abortion industry.

The guilt is great for those who, in the abortion industry, know the truth of what an abortion involves, but knowingly lie to women who come to them for an abortion;  here one finds the murderers.