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An Illinois abortionist and his abortion center have reached a settlement with an Indiana mother who alleged that half of her unborn baby’s body was left inside her following a botched second-trimester abortion.
Jane Doe, a 32-year-old mother of four, settled her medical negligence claims against abortionist Keith Reisinger-Kindle and the Equity Clinic on July 8. An agreed motion to dismiss the case was filed July 24 and approved August 3.
The settlement amount was not disclosed. Doe had sought damages exceeding $50,000.
The lawsuit, filed in March 2025 in the Circuit Court of Champaign County, arose from an abortion done on April 1-2, 2023, when Doe was approximately 22 weeks pregnant. She traveled from Indianapolis to the Equity Clinic in Champaign, Illinois which Reisinger-Kindle founded in 2022 after the overturning of Roe v. Wade and where he serves as medical director.
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Court documents state that Reisinger-Kindle perforated Doe’s uterus, creating a hole the size of a quarter to half-dollar, and failed to remove significant portions of the unborn baby’s remains. His notes indicated the abortion was complete and that the baby’s body parts had been visually inspected and confirmed complete.
The day after the abortion, Doe called the abortion clinic reporting heavy cramping and was told to take pain medications. A later call noted pressure in her bottom and difficulty breathing. On April 4, she reported no bowel movement despite laxatives and increased cramping; staff advised an enema or a trip to urgent care or the emergency room.
Doe went to Community Hospital in Indianapolis on April 4.
Doctors removed the remaining remains of the aborted baby and repaired her uterus. An operative note described the findings: “The patient was found to have half of a deceased pre-born human being in the right pelvis of the patient with evidence of severe and intentional trauma. The baby’s body was transected at the pelvis with no legs or feet present. Stumps of both femurs extended from the soft tissue of the torso. The upper extremities were missing from elbow distally on both sides. The skull was crushed and no brain was present. The face was nonrecognizable. … There were small bony fragments in the mother’s pelvis. There was baby skull that was adherent to the patient’s ileum.”
A CAT scan showed what appeared to be a human body with a visible spine in her pelvis. Pieces of the baby’s skull had adhered to her intestines.
A medical report by an obstetrician-gynecologist concluded that Reisinger-Kindle “deviated from a reasonable standard of care” by perforating the uterus, failing to recognize the injury, and not thoroughly examining the baby’s remains after the procedure.
An adequate examination would have revealed the incomplete abortion, the report stated.
On May 16, 2025, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation fined Reisinger-Kindle $5,000 and required 20 hours of continuing medical education for “failing to properly evaluate a patient before a procedure which resulted in hospitalization due to complications.”
Reisinger-Kindle previously worked at the Women’s Med Center in Dayton, Ohio, alongside Martin Haskell, developer of the infamous partial-birth abortion procedure.
A representative for Reisinger-Kindle and the Equity Clinic declined to comment.
Pro-life advocates pointed to the case as evidence of the dangers of late-term abortion.
“This case serves as a grim reminder of the horrors of late-term abortion and the complete disregard for the well-being of both the mother and her child,” said Margie Christie of Dayton Right to Life.
Laura Strietmann, executive director of Cincinnati Right to Life, said: “The fact that this woman was ignored when she said something was wrong and was left to suffer is unconscionable.”
