The measure in question largely bans the second trimester procedure known as dilation and evacuation abortions, or D&Es.

The Senate passed the bill 38-10, largely along party lines. One Republican joined Democrats in voting against the measure.

Current law lets doctors and hospital employees refuse to participate in abortion procedures for religious, ethical or moral reasons.

A Senate panel approved legislation Wednesday along party lines that largely bans dilation and evacuation abortions, second trimester procedures also known as D&Es.

A federal appeals court has ruled portions of a 2016 Indiana abortion law are not unconstitutionally vague and has reversed an injunction blocking them.

Dilation and evacuation abortion procedures, or D&Es, are performed in the second trimester. And they're currently legal up to around 20 weeks. Proposed legislation would ban them unless there are serious health risks to the mother.

A 2016 Indiana abortion law required women to wait at least 18 hours between an ultrasound and their abortion.

The 2016 law banned abortions performed because of the fetus' race, gender, or potential disability. It also required medical facilities to bury or cremate fetal remains.

An ultra-conservative faction of the state's anti-abortion movement pushed for a total ban on abortion the last few legislative sessions. Those bills did not get a hearing or a vote.