BILLINGS, MT, March 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Billings’ Intermountain Planned Parenthood Inc. and abortionist Dr. David G. Healow are being sued for negligence. Lorraine Thul is suing for unspecified damages as well as $50,000 for present and future medical costs as a result of injuries sustained during a botched abortion.

The lawsuit reports that Thul sought out the abortion “for possible congenital anomalies secondary to medication taken earlier in pregnancy,” as reported by the Billings Gazette.

During the course of the abortion a nurse told Healow he was being “overzealous.” Later that evening, in her motel, Thul began to experience “tremendous cramping and bloating and decided that she needed to call the facility and report the bleeding and pain.”

The lawsuit asserts that Thul was given an Ultrasound by a clinic technician at 11:20 p.m. Healow was called and arrived 15 minutes later. “At that time and for the first time Dr. Healow told Plaintiff that he had perforated her uterus but simply did not think that he had perforated the uterus too much,” the lawsuit says. “He vacillated as to what to do and 15 minutes later decided to call the local hospital.”

Emergency surgery was performed at Deaconess Billings Clinic. Subsequent surgeries have also been necessary.

Thul’s lawsuit maintains that Healow “deviated from the standard of care” by not informing her of potential complications or revealing to her that he was not a surgeon, but an anesthesiologist. “While he may have performed surgeries of this kind, Plaintiff would never have agreed to allow Dr. Healow to perform this procedure if she had known he was not a surgeon or an obstetrician/gynecologist,” the lawsuit says.  For local coverage:  http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/03/20/build/local/30-pp-suit.inc   For LifeSiteNews.com coverage of similar botched abortions, see “Botched Abortion Doctor Still On Medical Register,” at: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/apr/03040907.html   “Doctor’s License Revoked For Botched Abortion,” at: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/may/03050707.html   “Woman Loses Several Organs In Hospital Abortion” http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/mar/03030410.html