The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that aims to clarify when doctors can perform an abortion under the state’s near-total ban. The bill, which is backed by anti-abortion groups, medical and hospital associations and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, will go next to the House.

A proposal to clarify emergency exceptions in Texas' abortion ban unanimously passed in the Senate after it was revised in committee.

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill to change the language in the state’s abortion laws in an effort to clarify when doctors are allowed to perform an abortion during a medical emergency