A former Planned Parenthood executive says the abortion group fired her after she reported an illegal abortion at about 28 weeks of pregnancy.

Jacqueline C. Colyer filed a 26-page complaint against Planned Parenthood Great Rivers on Aug. 21. She filed the case in a Missouri federal court.

Colyer was the group’s vice president of human resources. She says Planned Parenthood fired her after she voiced concerns about an abortion at its clinic in Fairview Heights, Illinois, which is about 15 miles from St. Louis.

The abortion happened on a Sunday night in early 2022, the lawsuit says. It occurred before Planned Parenthood hired her.

Colyer learned about the procedure in early 2024. An employee told her that another worker got a call about 7 p.m. on the Sunday in question. The worker allegedly went to the clinic to unlock a door for Dr. Colleen McNicholas, who was then the group’s chief medical officer.

The lawsuit says McNicholas wanted access to the building to perform the third-trimester abortion on a woman. Colyer claims the abortion was done in the clinic’s basement after normal hours.

The lawsuit does not identify the patient or explain why she wanted the abortion.

Illinois doesn’t ban abortion at a set number of weeks. The state’s Reproductive Health Act lets the abortion provider decide whether an unborn child is viable.

Once the provider finds the child is viable, the law allows an abortion only when it is “necessary to protect the life or health of the patient.”

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