Six minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision striking down Roe v. Wade, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt posted a photo of himself signing a legal opinion to trigger the state’s abortion ban.
The lightning-fast action by Schmitt, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, instantly drew national attention and allowed him to claim credit for ending abortion in Missouri as he fights to win a crowded primary race.
But many of the consequences of that moment — for women, for doctors and for Schmitt — are still uncertain.
