Republican lawmakers have launched a new probe as part of what critics call a targeted effort to ultimately shut down the group Planned Parenthood. Florida Republican Cliff Stearns, the chair of the House Energy and Commerce investigations subcommittee, has ordered Planned Parenthood to hand over more than a decade’s worth of documents as part of an investigation into whether the group has used tax dollars to fund abortions. Planned Parenthood offers a number of reproductive and women’s health services at its hundreds of clinics nationwide; federal law bans taxpayer funds from funding abortions. Stearns wants the group to hand over internal audits, state audits, and an accounting of how the group separates its abortion-related services. In a statement, Planned Parenthood said: “This is about harassment and intimidation of America’s leading provider and advocate of women’s health care… This is about a pattern of politically motivated attacks designed to eliminate Planned Parenthood once and for all.”