President Bush has signed the extension of the State Children's Health Insurance Program but without the expansion sought by House Democrats (via Washington Post).

The Bush administration is cutting off funding for abstinence-only sex education in Washington because this state now requires schools to provide medically accurate information about preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer).

The Boston Globe reports that Mitt Romney's gubernatorial administration approved funding for a Planned Parenthood clinic that will provide abortion services, two months before he left office and began highlighting his antiabortion position as a presidential candidate.

Mike Huckabee believes women can't make decisions for themselves, saying that if elected and successful in banning abortion he would punish doctors who provide abortion services but not women who seek the procedure because they are `victims' (via the Washington Post).