The Ruling on Intentional Abortion

Question:
If a woman aborts intentionally and deliberately, what is the ruling?

Answer:
It is not permissible for her to do so; it is not permissible for her to abort.
There is a detail in this:
If it is after the formation of the fetus, after four months, it is forbidden; it is killing. We seek refuge in Allah. If it is after four months, it is killing, and this is a great prohibition and a major evil. We ask Allah for safety.
As for if it is before that, it is easier, but it is not permissible for her to do so, not in the fourth month, nor in the third, nor in the second. However, in the first forty days, if the public benefit and pressing need call for its termination in the first forty days due to hardship upon her, or the like, then there is nothing wrong with that. But in the second forty days or after that, it is not permissible except for a medical condition determined by doctors, where they fear for her life if it remains in her. This requires a detail that needs a report from two or more specialists regarding the harm of its remaining in her womb and the need for its termination and her abortion. This requires a detail, but after four months, this is never permissible; because it is killing.

The presenter: It is considered killing.

The Shaykh: Killing; it is not permissible even if the doctors say: it will fall, it is not permissible.

The presenter: And less than four months is not considered killing?

The Shaykh: It is not considered killing; because the soul has not been breathed into it yet. But it has formed... it formed after the forty days, after the forty days, it is not permissible for her to abort, not in the second forty days, nor in the third, and she must bear it and be patient, and perhaps Allah will make therein much good. But if there is harm and danger to her, she should consult the doctors until they decide on something reliable, upon which the fatwa is based. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.