>>213071536No, living things have souls (that’s what it means to be alive, after all), as long as a human is alive it has a soul, and embryos and fetuses are certainly alive. Abortion in all circumstances has been unambiguously condemned since the 1st century by all the Church Fathers, and by even early documents like the Didache.
There may be some circumstances where an abortion can alleviate symptoms of a grave condition, and there are licit medical interventions that indirectly result in the death of a fetus or embryo (like with cancer treatments or ectopic pregnancies), but no, it’s generally not necessary to perform direct abortions to save any lives. Even in a hypothetical case where abortion could save a life, it’s still an act of murder, and so impermissible.