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 bill gives the state new tools to try to stop the flow of abortion pills, but critics say it’s legally dubious on several fronts.

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.