Democrats in Illinois advanced new legislation Sunday that would further protect womens rights to reproductive health, a measure advocates say grew from the spate of restrictive, anti-abortion laws that have been passed around the country in recent months.

An Illinois House committee approved the Reproductive Health Act in a party-line vote on Sunday evening after fierce debate, and the measure will now go before the full chamber. The bill, if passed, would mandate every woman be entitled to make decisions about her own health with limited government interference, repeal outdated, anti-abortion legislation, and require insurance companies to pay for abortions, among other initiatives.

This Act sets forth the fundamental rights of individuals to make autonomous decisions about ones own reproductive health, including the fundamental right to use or refuse reproductive health care, the legislation, now referred to as Senate Bill 25, reads. The measure would also restrict the ability of the State to deny, interfere with, or discriminate against these fundamental rights.

The bills sponsor, state Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D), said the measure came directly after several other states have passed restrictive abortion laws that effectively outlaw the practice. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the nations harshest such legislation into law earlier this month, which would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion in almost all cases. And Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed an anti-abortion heartbeat bill that prohibits the practice as soon as doctors can detect some movement in cardiac or heart cells.