TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents in Kansas are pushing legislators to rewrite a provision in a 2011 law imposing health and safety regulations on abortion providers.

The Kansas Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee approved the proposal Wednesday on a voice vote, sending it to the chamber for debate.

Supporters said they’re hoping to eliminate an issue in a lawsuit that’s kept the rules from being enforced.

The measure makes a technical change concerning the use of abortion-inducing drugs. It’s designed to clear up an issue raised by attorneys for two doctors who sued over the law nearly four years ago.

But an attorney representing the doctors said the change will multiply the issues in the lawsuit.

A hearing in the lawsuit is scheduled for July 17 in Shawnee County District Court.