But then the definition of personhood is another difficult subject and much controversy is among purist pro-lifers and judicious abortion rights defenders.

A secularist would define personhood of a human being starting at the moment of conception, (interestingly they agree in this with religion indoctrinated fanatics). I disagree; for everything living can be defined as such, except human beings, who even at birth don't have a personhood.

Humans are creatures that are not defined exclusively by their DNA programming,(other than their physical attributes) but learn and decide to act one way or another. Once they lived for about a decade or so they start to define themselves as persons. Even that is not the final person at the end of the “stream”, but the general course does start to crystallize into personhood.

To call abortion “murder” (especially in the embryonic stage at which point the “person” cannot survive outside its mother’s womb”) is wrong, because by such definition harvesting of plants or slaughtering of animals are “murder” too.

Even though I follow the teachings of Christ, most Christians consider me to NOT be a “Christian”, and so I no longer call myself that.