Abortion Is Wrong!!!

Abortion is a sensitive topic in America.  There is a division between people who are for it and against it, and each side has their argument why they believe the way they do.  I agree with this editor for the article that abortion is wrong in many ways, but I respectfully disagree with many of his reasoning to get rid of abortions.  In politics you cannot solely base your decision on the mean of religion.   If that were the case then so many laws that the United States has would be wrong.  Also this country is built on and people of many cultures and religions so saying that the Bible or Ten Commandments forbids getting a abortion would be forcing others to meet your views and follow your religion when the rights of all Americans is freedom of religion.   On the part that the author talks about the moment a sperm and egg join a life has started is false in scientific terms.  Something cannot be living unless there is brain activity.  The government has also stated that adults that have no more brain activity while being hospitalized due to medical reasons are said to be deceased.  So if this were true to adults we can say the same for a embryo that has not yet hit its fourth week since that is when actual brain activity starts.  So in my thinking abortion should be allowed if it were to be before the fourth week of pregnancy, and that should give time for a decision to be made if abortion should be taken or not.  Also I feel that we should not punish a person to take on the responsibility of being a parent if some case of rape happens.  In this case the person should be allowed to get an abortion so they will not be punished with a burden for crimes they did not commit.