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Cheryl Wetzstein

Cheryl Wetzstein

Cheryl Wetzstein, a Washington Times staff member since 1985, is manager of special sections in The Washington Times' Advertising and Marketing Department.

Previously, she spent 30 years as a Washington Times news reporter, covering national domestic policy, in addition to being a features writer, environmental and consumer affairs reporter, and assistant business editor.

Beginning in 1994, Mrs. Wetzstein worked exclusively on welfare and family issues such as child support enforcement, abstinence and sex education, child welfare, sexually transmitted diseases, marriage, divorce, cohabiting and gay marriage.

She has won several newspaper awards, including 1977 Cub Reporter of the Year and 1983 Heart of New York award, both from the New York Press Club.

Articles by Cheryl Wetzstein

** FILE ** A surgeon general’s warning is printed on a pack of Camel cigarettes. (Associated Press)

Tobacco down among youths; marijuana up

More and more younger Americans are snuffing out their cigarettes -- at least those filled with tobacco, a new national survey suggests. Published December 18, 2013

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by TLC, Kody Brown, center, poses with his wives, from left, Janelle, Christine, Meri, and Robyn in a promotional photo for TLC's reality TV show, "Sister Wives." Advocacy groups for polygamy and individual liberties on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, hailed a federal judge's ruling that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, saying it will remove the threat of arrest for those families. The ruling was a victory for Brown and his four wives and other fundamentalist Mormons who believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven. (AP Photo/TLC, Bryant Livingston, File)

We told you so: Conservatives foresaw polygamy ruling

A federal judge's ruling in a Utah polygamy case has released a flood of "I told you so" reactions from traditional-marriage supporters, who have fought — often in vain — to formally define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Published December 17, 2013

State Rep. Amanda Price, Republican, defended the measure requiring women to purchase an insurance rider that covers abortions saying that "abortion is an individual choice." (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Mich. law makes women buy own insurance for abortions

Adding to a growing movement in the states to press for new restrictions on abortion, Michigan this week became the latest state to require women to purchase their own insurance riders if they want coverage of elective abortions in their future health-care policies. Published December 12, 2013

Monte Harms, of Albuquerque, N.M., advocates Albuquerque's late term abortion ban outside of a voting site at Eisenhower Middle School in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Albuquerque voters will decide whether to ban abortions after 20 weeks following an emotional and graphic campaign that has included protests and hundreds of thousands of dollars on television and radio ads that have brought out more than twice as many early voters as the recent mayoral elections. (AP Photo/Juan Antonio Labreche)

Study IDs reasons for late-term abortions

Why do women have abortions late in their pregnancies? It could be because they are often college-age, in a shaky relationship with the would-be father, and have financial problems, especially when a $650 first-trimester abortion time-lags into an $1,850 procedure, says a new study. Published December 10, 2013

Blood units are prepared for storage at the National Center for Hematology and Transfusion in Sofia, Bulgaria. It's a grim reality for patients and families the struggling EU nation where donors are troublingly scarce, hospitals are strapped for funds and blood traders are thriving. (Associated Press)

Panel seeks ‘surveillance’ system for gay blood donors

A federal advisory panel on blood-donor policies voted Thursday to ask the government to put a new surveillance system in place as a steppingstone to permitting some gay and bisexual men to give blood. Published December 5, 2013

A baby is fed by her mother at the teen pregnancy program offered at the Upper Cordoza Clinic in Washington in 2003. (The Washington Times/File)

Pregnancies decline overall, up among older women

The U.S. pregnancy rate is hovering near a record-low point, while the legal abortion rate has already hit a historic low, the federal government says in a new report. Published December 5, 2013

Blood units are prepared for storage at the National Center for Hematology and Transfusion in Sofia, Bulgaria. It's a grim reality for patients and families the struggling EU nation where donors are troublingly scarce, hospitals are strapped for funds and blood traders are thriving. (Associated Press)

With new HIV research, FDA may let gay men donate blood

A push by activists to ease the 30-year-old blanket ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men faces a key test this week as a federal panel hears results of the latest research. The findings will be released amid growing pressure from politicians and advocates, including college students, to change the policy. Published December 1, 2013

In this Saturday Nov. 16, 2013 photo, a woman holds her newborn twins in a hospital in Changsha in south China's Hunan province. Experts estimate that the first easing of the country's strict one-child policy in three decades announced Friday allowing couples where one partner is an only child to have a second baby will result in 1 million to 2 million extra births per year in the first few years, on top of the 16 million babies born annually in China. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Little change in practice for China’s one-child family policy

The Chinese government's announced change in its one-child policy — which has been applauded in some quarters — is still garnering criticism for its links to human-rights violations, "gendercide" and forced abortions. Published November 24, 2013

Supporters of same sex marriage legislation rally in the rotunda at the Illinois State Capitol during veto session Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 in Springfield Ill. Illinois lawmakers are expecting to consider gay marriage legislation during this week's veto session. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Gay-marriage momentum comes to a sudden halt after Illinois

As Illinois becomes the 16th state to approve gay marriage at a public signing ceremony set for Wednesday, the political trench warfare over same-sex unions may be facing a watershed moment: Illinois is the last state where gay-marriage advocates have an advantage in both the governor's office and statehouse, and defenders of traditional marriage say the political playing field will be far more level in the remaining 34 states in the years ahead. Published November 19, 2013

Jerry Bowman, left, and David Strzepek join other supporters of Social Security benefits for same sex couples during a marriage equality rally Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois lawmakers return to the Capitol Tuesday for the final week of veto session and are expected to consider gay marriage legislation. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Ruling aids challenge to gay-parenting study

A gay-parenting study condemned by gay activists is about to undergo more scrutiny: A Florida judge this week said internal emails related to the study must be turned over to a gay activist who is looking for evidence to have the study officially discredited and retracted. Published November 13, 2013

** FILE ** Proponents of gay marriage rally outside the House chambers at the Hawaii Capitol in Honolulu on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)

Hawaii poised to be 15th gay marriage state

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is poised to make Hawaii the 15th state to legalize gay marriage this week, after the bill passed its last legislative hurdle Tuesday. Published November 12, 2013

Sisters Madelyne Meylor, 20, left, and her sister Olivia, 19, of Mount Horeb, Wis., have filed a federal claim, saying they believe a cervical cancer vaccine caused their ovaries to stop producing eggs. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

HPV vaccine cited in infertility case

Two Wisconsin sisters have asked a federal court to find that a government-recommended vaccine is responsible for them losing the ability to conceive children. Published November 11, 2013

Supporters of same sex marriage legislation rally in the rotunda at the Illinois State Capitol during veto session Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 in Springfield Ill. Illinois lawmakers are expecting to consider gay marriage legislation during this week's veto session. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Illinois lawmakers pass bill for gay marriage

Illinois all but became the 15th state to enact gay marriage Tuesday as lawmakers passed the bill with only one vote to spare in the lower chamber, sending the bill to a governor eager to sign it. Published November 5, 2013

Texas became ground zero in the abortion fight in July after the state passed a highly restrictive law. The Supreme Court received an appeal Monday to block key provisions of the law. Texas Planned Parenthood asked the high court to put an emergency hold on the law requiring abortionists to have hospital-admitting privileges. (Associated press)

Pro-lifers urge clinic workers to quit

The billboards, placed prominently near Delaware's abortion clinics, say it all: "Don't Let Your Job Put You In Prison." Published November 4, 2013

Lee Valerius signs in at a vigil outside an abortion clinic in Dallas, Texas last November following a federal appeals court ruling upholding most of the state's new abortion restrictions. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)

Texas to respond to abortion law appeal by Nov. 12

In a pair of closely watched abortion cases, the Supreme Court Monday received an appeal to block key provisions of a new Texas law restricting abortions, while the judges declined without comment to hear a case seeking to revive restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs. Published November 4, 2013