The Texas Senate approved changes Tuesday to the state's strict abortion law that both Republicans and Democrats say would clarify medical exceptions and has drawn support from women who were told they could not end their pregnancies despite life-threatening complications.

When pressed to explain a 30-page proposal to further limit access to abortion pills in Texas, Sen. Bryan Hughes encouraged Texans to read the legislation for themselves. “Don’t rely on our characterizations of it,

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.