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Show THURSDAY. THE SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE IRAQ continued from page 5 Wasilewska said. Although Wasilewska wasn't allowed to take pictures of military installations and was chaperoned at all times by two guides from Hussein's entourage, she was still able to capture a slice of life under the Iraqi president's regime. "Hussein actually wanted to be the next Stalin and Iraq had all the signs of a Communist state. VIRGIN continued from page 6 "The Women Resource Center's role is to provide services to help a woman empower herself and make her own decisions," Brooks said. Although President George W. Bush has said he wants to fund only "scientifically proven" education programs, so far there is little evidence showing abstinence programs work. Many studies show mixed outcomes, says Douglas Kirby of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen When people don't know what democracy is all about, it's important to explain to them what it is," she sai Among the sites Wasilewska depicted was a children's hospital in the city of Basra, which she called "undescribable." "The condition of the Basra Children's Hospital is beyond any description I could give you...the doctors had to decide which patients they'd keep alive for a few more minutes and which ones would simply die," she said. According to Wasilewska, Iraqi officials ed in December of 2002. Newsweek also said that young people having sex must be aware of the emotional attachments involved. In 2003, Bush hopes to fulfill his campaign promise to spend as much on abstinence programs as on teen g programs, Newsweek reported. Abstinence promotion is such a major priority, it falls into the portfolio of top Bush political adviser Karl Rove. It's also a social issue that the new Republican Congress is eager to advance. To the White House, abstinence seems like an easy win: It resonates with conservative voters, who oppose other methods of birth control such as abortion, but doesn't upset abortion rights moderates, who believe that young people ought to be educated about all their alternatives. Claude Allen, deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, is often left to explain Bush's philosophy on abstinence promotion to those skeptical of the program. Allen sees sex as just one more risky "teen behavior" and argues that abstinence is the only way for young people to protect themselves. "Condoms may be effective in preventing transmission of HIVAIDS and, in some cases, transmission of gonorrhea in men, but beyond that they do not protect adequately against other sexually transmitted diseases," Allen said. npecenkovicchronicle.utah.edu family-plannin- Pregnancy. One study which followed students who took virginity pledges pledges which, in essence, disallow those involved to have sex prior to marriage found the vows did delay sexual activity, but those who broke the pledge and did have sex were less likely to use contraceptives. So, although such programs may prolong teenage chastity, they also might increase the risk of infection andor pregnancy by failing to educate young people on how to protect themselves. "As the Bush administration plans to increase federal funding for abstinence programs by nearly a third, to $135 million... proponents of a more comprehensive approach to sex ed. argue that teaching abstinence isn't enough. Young people also need to know how to protect themselves if they do have sex," Newsweek report birth-contr- I; !t,iim 'wlittiiUMiflBi (08! the damage these bombs really do," she said. 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