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Cheryl Wetzstein

cwetzstein@washingtontimes.com

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

Blood is collected during a blood drive at Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pa., on July 19, 2010. The Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 23, 2014, recommended an end to the nation's lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, a 31-year-old policy that many medical groups and gay activists say is no longer justified. (Associated Press/Erie Times-News, Jack Hanrahan) **FILE**

FDA eases restrictions on blood donations from gay men

Gay and bisexual men are now permitted to donate blood one year after their last sexual contact with a man, the federal government said Monday in its final recommendations to the blood-product industry.

December 21, 2015
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Robert P. George. (Image courtesy of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Robert George hospitalized, now ‘out of danger’: report

Robert P. George, Princeton law professor and prominent proponent of religious freedom and traditional marriage, has been hospitalized, but his condition is not deemed life-threatening anymore, The Christian Post reported Friday.

December 11, 2015
A bride and groom lean over the east balcony as they pose for a photograph in Grand Central Terminal in New York. Grand Central Station. (AP Photo/Donald King)

Divorce reforms floated in Michigan, other states

Divorce reform continues to captivate state lawmakers, including a House panel in Michigan that held a hearing Wednesday to gather testimonies on how to shore up America's marriage culture.

December 9, 2015
Robert Oscar Lopez, associate professor of English and Classics at California State University-Northridge and executive board member of the International Children's Rights Institute. (Photo courtesy International Children's Rights Institute, November 2015).

Robert Oscar Lopez, California professor opposing gay marriage, faces discipline

A tenured, conservative Christian professor in California -- who was raised by lesbian mothers but opposes same-sex marriage -- is waiting to hear what action his university employer will take against him in its finding that he tried to "intimidate" students who sought to complain about an optional class assignment on family matters.

November 12, 2015
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden took questions from reporters on Oct. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/John Amis/File)

Syphilis in newborns up sharply: report

Syphilis infections in newborns increased sharply over a two-year period, prompting calls for better disease screening and prenatal care of at-risk women, the federal government said Thursday.

November 12, 2015