▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁Children ' s ▁Health ▁In sur ance ▁Program ▁stating ▁his ▁concern ▁that ▁the ▁bill ▁would ▁" f eder al ize ▁health ▁care ". ▁His ▁v eto ▁was ▁critic ized ▁as ▁the ▁bill ▁as ▁ins ens itive ▁to ▁children ' s ▁needs . ▁ ▁Ab ort ion ▁ ▁On ▁his ▁first ▁day ▁in ▁office , ▁President ▁Bush ▁implemented ▁the ▁Mexico ▁City ▁Policy ; ▁this ▁policy ▁required ▁n ong overn ment al ▁organizations ▁receiving ▁federal ▁funds ▁to ▁agree ▁not ▁to ▁perform ▁abort ions ▁or ▁to ▁act ively ▁promote ▁abort ion ▁as ▁a ▁method ▁of ▁family ▁planning ▁in ▁other ▁nations . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁President ▁Bush ▁signed ▁the ▁Born - A live ▁Inf ants ▁Prote ction ▁Act , ▁which ▁extends ▁legal ▁protection ▁to ▁inf ants ▁born ▁alive ▁after ▁failed ▁attempts ▁at ▁induced ▁abort ion . ▁Also ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁President ▁Bush ▁with d rew ▁fund ing ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁Population ▁Fund ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁finding ▁that ▁UN PF ' s ▁activities ▁facil itated ▁China ' s ▁one - child - only / for ced ▁abort ion ▁policy . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁President ▁Bush ▁signed ▁the ▁Part ial ▁B irth ▁Ab ort ion ▁Ban ▁Act ▁into ▁law ; ▁that ▁law ▁was ▁later ▁u ph eld ▁by ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁Gonz ales ▁v . ▁Car hart . ▁President ▁Bush ▁signed ▁the ▁Un born ▁Vict ims ▁of ▁Vi ol ence ▁Act ▁( La ci ▁and ▁Con ner '