The Texas Senate pushed through a severe anti-abortion bill Friday evening, bringing one of the country’s most drastic attacks on reproductive rights within inches of being signed into law.

The bill advanced despite thousands of pro-choice advocates who packed the capitol Friday to oppose the measures.

“Thousands upon thousands of people screamed their faces off for hours and hours filling the capitol building to the brim,” Hallie Boas—organizer with Rise Up Texas—told Common Dreams.

In the immediate aftermath of the bill’s passage, dozens of protesters refused to leave the Senate chambers in a peaceful show of civil disobedience. Their statement declared:

The Senate called in police who wielded tasers against the protesters and arrested at least two. “We are outraged by the use of unnecessary violence and force by the police,’ says Boas.

After the bill cleared the republican-controlled Senate, it will next head to the desk of Governor Rick Perry, who is expected to enthusiastically sign the legislation.