The sweeping proposal — considered the most wide-ranging abortion pill crackdown in the country — passed from the state Senate in a party-line vote Wednesday night, with Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville,

The Texas Senate voted to pass a bill clarifying that patients do not have to be at imminent risk to receive an abortion for a life-threatening condition.

Abortion is illegal in Texas, but some women are still accessing abortion through mail-order drugs. Senate Bill 2880 aims to crack down on the practice.