On his way out the White House, President Barack Obama issued scores of regulations on a wide range of controversial policy areas such as, education, the environment and abortion.

Republicans are trying to roll back many of these midnight executive orders. Next week they plan to repeal an order forcing states to subsidize Planned Parenthood. This order seeks to force the the obligation even on the 15 states that have passed laws explicitly barring taxpayer funds from going to groups that perform abortions.