Republicans may find that defunding Planned Parenthood is harder than it looks.

Even if they manage to overcome the political obstacles — big ones like a Democratic filibuster, a presidential veto, or a battle royal over shutting down the government — they may still collide with Medicaid law. The fight could leap from Congress to the courts.

The Senate has planned a test vote Monday on a bill to halt federal funding for Planned Parenthood after four sensational undercover videos by a previously unknown anti-abortion group portrayed the organization as allegedly profiteering from illegal fetal tissue sales — a charge Planned Parenthood denies.

Read the article “Defund Planned Parenthood? Not So Easy” on politico.com.