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I think that the Catholic Church recognizing the sainthood of a woman who had an abortion will only help inspire average people. The Church is already in bad standing, because of priest molestation stories. Instead of further rejecting normal people by acting better than everyone else, the Church should recognize that normal people make mistakes, and can still learn from them, while coming out on top. And, these stories can be an inspiration to other "average" people that are trying to become more religious, but feel like they have failed and can't recover.
Only the Catholic Church can decide who they honor as a saint. Bearing that in mind, I do not believe they should recognize the sainthood of a woman that has violated their fundamental beliefs by having an abortion.
The Catholic Church believes that abortion is a mortal sin. It also believes that a Saint is a holy person who acts in accordance with the laws of God. It could never, therefore, recognize a woman who had an abortion as a Saint, as a Saint would never have an abortion under any circumstance.