By Dave Andrusko

The story was so grim I held off writing about it yesterday. But unfortunately the rape of pregnant women who refused to abort is a reality that is not confined to the malicious behavior of one 24-year-old man.

Thomas Hill is currently being held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly on $75,000 bail, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. Hill was arrested "after he allegedly raped his wife, the mother of his two children, because she refused to have an abortion" last Sunday. He is charged with sexual assault, aggravated assault, criminal restraint, terroristic threats, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Hill's alleged assault took place "in the bedroom where three children, including two of his own, were sleeping," according to the Daily News.

"Hill, an ex-con, demanded she have an abortion, but when the victim insisted on continuing the pregnancy, police say an argument ensued inside her home," the Daily News's Jason Nark reported.

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