An anonymous woman filed a rare medical negligence lawsuit last week against an Illinois abortionist after a late-term abortion took a “horrific” turn when an emergency hospital visit revealed “half of a deceased pre-born human being” was found left inside her. 

Chicago injury attorney Richard Craig filed the lawsuit on behalf of Jane Doe from Indiana, naming both the Champaign-based Equity Clinic and its founder, Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle, as defendants. 

Craig told Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday he’s “never been presented” with a case like this.

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The suit alleges that during a 22-week abortion performed in April 2023, Reisinger-Kindle left parts of the fetus inside the woman’s body, leading to severe complications. After the procedure, when the woman reported persistent cramping, Reisinger-Kindle allegedly advised her to take over-the-counter pain relievers and laxatives. She later underwent emergency surgery to remove the body parts. Doe is seeking damages for medical negligence and emotional distress.

“This is someone who performed an abortion that at 22 weeks of gestation – which at that point renders a two-day process – and then on the second day, when most of the work is done, at the culmination of his work, he entered a note, saying, these are his words, ‘products of conception were visibly inspected and confirmed to be complete,’” Craig said. “That’s his note. Well, clearly that didn’t happen.”

“When she presented to the emergency room two days later, they found what they described to be as a half of a pre-deceased fetus,” Craig said. “And the films that are in the records actually suggests more like two-thirds. So, how could he say that he visibly inspected her?”

Doe, a mother of four, also alleged that Reisinger-Kindle refused to provide pertinent information to the attending surgeons without her consent.

In a medical report included in the lawsuit filings, an obstetrician/gynecologist asserts that Reisinger-Kindle “deviated from a reasonable standard of care” during the abortion by perforating the plaintiff’s uterus and failing to recognize the injury. 

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The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, allowing states to have greater discretion in regulating or even outlawing abortion procedures. (Jose Luis Magana/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)

The report also states that Reisinger-Kindle “failed to adequately examine the fetal parts” after the procedure. According to the lawsuit, there was a hole in the woman’s uterus roughly the size of a large coin. The report notes that if Reisinger-Kindle “performed an adequate exam of the remains, it should have been obvious that fetal parts were left behind.”

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade and leaving it up to states to decide on abortion, Illinois has solidified its position as a haven for the procedure, enacting a series of legislative measures to shield both providers and out-of-state women seeking abortion services from lawsuits. 

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Reisinger-Kindle, who was featured in a Chicago Tribune article, was one of many providers who opened abortion clinics in the Midwest following the high court’s ruling.

Craig – who said taking the case won’t make him “any friends in Illinois” – also alleged Reisinger-Kindle didn’t administer any pain-relief medication to the fetus, which would have stopped its heartbeat, prior to its dismemberment.

An Illinois abortionist is being sued by an anonymous former patient for negligence. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

“The current laws would prevent me, for instance, from pursuing a claim against this doctor on behalf of the child for what had to be excruciating pain that the child underwent while he was being dismembered piece by piece, without any pain relief,” Craig said. “And so those laws do, in fact, prevent me, or anybody from taking that position and seeking redress for that on the behalf of the child.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Reisinger-Kindle for comment but did not hear back by time of publication.

MILWAUKEE — The Canadian government is trying to persuade Americans to urge their government to rethink imposing tariffs through a new ad campaign.

The move comes as a trade war escalates between the U.S. and Canada. The campaign features digital billboards seen across the country, including in Milwaukee.

The Canadian government is hoping to reach Americans in hopes of urging U.S. lawmakers to reconsider tariffs in place and future tariffs.

At the corner of Oakland and Locust, the message “Tariffs are a tax at the gas pump” rotated every 20 minutes.

Residents in the neighborhood, like Julia Williams, never thought they would see something like this.

“That is just wild,” Williams said. “We’ve never had Canada try to get our attention like that; I’ve got to be honest.”

The billboards are also drawing strong reactions from people online.

TMJ4 spotted the advertisement in two other locations around the city.

Some, like Samantha, think it is a great move by the Canadian government.

“Tariffs are not a great move, and I think it gets straight to the point,” Samantha said.

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Christian told TMJ4 he supports imposing tariffs on Canada and isn’t sure the campaign will be effective.

“Maybe it will work. Maybe it won’t. I guess we’ll see what happens,” Christian said.

Even if it doesn’t change any minds, the messaging is catching some people’s attention.

“I think it sends a message, but I don’t know if it will necessarily change people’s opinions,” Julianna said. “I think people are very set in their ways, and it’s a very polarizing political climate.”

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