Lawsuit alleges Illinois doctor botched abortion, which led to what longtime surgeon described as ‘the worst thing I’ve ever seen at surgery’

An Illinois-based abortionist is facing a lawsuit alleging that he botched a surgical abortion by leaving more than half of the unborn child inside the mother’s body, prompting her to need an emergency surgery.

“This was the worst thing I’ve ever seen at surgery and I’ve been doing this for over 30 years,” one of the surgeons told Melinda Henneberger, author of a March 23 opinion article about the lawsuit for the Kansas City Star. -- More...