(LifeSiteNews) – An Indiana woman has reached a settlement of her lawsuit against an Illinois abortionist who left up to “half” of an aborted baby inside her and a coin-sized hole in her uterus, resolving the dispute for an undisclosed sum after the doctor evaded serious penalties from medical authorities.
In March 2025, LifeSiteNews covered the case of Equity Clinic founder and medical director Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle, a homosexual LGBT activist, once the subject of fawning media coverage for promoting abortion “access” and people’s “safety.” According to a lawsuit by an unidentified ex-client from Indiana, the doctor had allegedly violated that commitment to patient safety in dramatic fashion.
In April 2023, the anonymous mother of four went to Reisinger-Kindle for an abortion at approximately 22 weeks. His post-procedure examination allegedly found her uterus empty with the “products of conception [the baby’s remains]… visibly inspected and confirmed to be complete,” but she called back the next day to report heavy cramping, was advised to take painkillers and laxatives, and after those failed to solve the problem, ultimately went to the emergency room.
Physicians at Community Hospital South Emergency Room in Indianapolis subsequently found fetal remains in her right pelvis and “adhered” to her intestines, which had to be surgically removed, as well as a uterine hole roughly the size of a quarter or half-dollar.
“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 woman’s lawsuit says. “The skull was crushed and no brain was present. The face was non-recognizable. … There were small bony fragments in the mother’s pelvis.”
In July 2025, LifeSite reported that the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation gave Reisinger-Kindle a modest $5,000 fine and a requirement to complete 20 hours of “continuing medical education,” for “failing to evaluate a patient before a procedure which resulted in hospitalization due to complications.”
All that remained was the patient’s lawsuit against the abortionist and Equity Clinic, which had sought a jury trial and $50,000 in damages, with the next court date having been slated for this month. Ahead of proceedings, however, the Chicago Sun-Times reports that the suit was settled on July 8. Neither side is speaking to the media about the outcome at this time.
The Christian Post adds that Reisinger-Kindle was previously sued in 2021 by a Massachusetts woman, Elvira Torres, who accused him and several other doctors of “negligent care and treatment” that left her with “severe and permanent personal injuries,” and made her undergo 30 hours of labor before a C-section delivery which, the suit maintains, should have been recognized as necessary before the 30 hours.
Abortion facilities across the country are regularly flagged for harming women through botched procedures, unsanitary tools and environments, and lack of regulatory protections such as requirements for staff to secure admitting privileges at nearby hospitals in the event of complications. With the rise of services dispensing abortion pills by mail in violation of federal law, chemical abortions self-administered completely without medical oversight are certain to increase those harms further still.
Even when “properly” committed, abortions still carry grave risks. According to the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), which represents 7,000 medical professionals who reject the left-wing orthodoxy of the medical establishment, “[w]omen face a 35% increased risk of preterm birth in a future pregnancy after one surgical abortion and an almost 90% increase in preterm birth risk after two abortions. The increased risk of future preterm birth for women after they have an abortion represents a clear long-term health risk. Mothers who deliver preterm babies are at a higher risk of medical complications later in life, including cardiovascular disease and stroke.”