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Cheryl Wetzstein

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

An Alabama agency revoked Diane Derzis' abortion clinic license after problems were found at the Birmingham clinic, including improper administration of medicines and building accessibility to emergency responders. (Associated Press)

Abortions went on at shuttered clinic

An Alabama judge ruled Thursday that a doctor who has been providing abortions in a closed Birmingham clinic is himself operating without a proper license and must stop immediately.

August 8, 2013
**FILE** Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (left), famous for her 12-hour filibuster attempt against an anti-abortion rights bill, greets attendees at a fundraiser on July 25, 2013, in Washington. (Associated Press)

Pro-choice hero Davis weighs Texas gov. run

Wendy Davis, Texas' famous filibustering lawmaker who literally stood against a pro-life law for nearly 13 hours on the floor of the state Senate in June, said Monday she is weighing a run for governor next year in the wake of her newfound celebrity.

August 5, 2013
D. Bruce Hanes, clerk of the Orphans' Court of Montgomery County, Pa., near Philadelphia, began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples when he "decided to come down on the right side of history." Same-sex marriages are still illegal in Pennsylvania. (Associated Press)

Pa. agency moves to halt licenses for gay marriage

The battle over gay marriage in Pennsylvania, one of the last Northeast states where same-sex unions are illegal, heated up Tuesday as a state agency went to court to order a county clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

July 30, 2013
Gary Paul Wright is part a large gathering on the boardwalk in Asbury Park as the New Jersey United for Marriage campaign announces that several national groups that support recognition of same-sex marriage are teaming up in New Jersey, saying the state is primed to allow gay couples to wed. (Associated Press)

Gay-marriage campaign heads to state courts

The Supreme Court's rulings on same-sex marriage are barely a month old, but they have generated a wave of lawsuits and political battles as gay-rights supporters continue their quest to hoist the rainbow flag in every state.

July 25, 2013

Judge blocks fetal heartbeat abortion ban

A first-in-the-nation law to outlaw most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is heard — possibly around six weeks gestation — has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in North Dakota.

July 22, 2013
** FILE ** Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a ceremonial signing of a water fund bill on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas abortion law fracas not over

The tough new abortion restrictions signed into law Thursday by Texas Gov. Rick Perry will almost certainly be challenged in court, the American Civil Liberties Union promised, and are already fueling a movement to unseat the lawmakers who supported the measure, angry pro-choice leaders said.

July 18, 2013
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said "no amount of legal wrangling" is going to undo the joy of gay couples who are now free to marry. (Associated Press)

Proposition 8 backers can’t halt gay marriage licenses

A lawsuit that claims that California's Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, is still in effect will go forward — but county clerks can continue to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, the California Supreme Court said Monday.

July 15, 2013
** FILE ** Public service posters in English and Spanish are seen at a news conference to announce a Los Angeles County program to provide young women in South Los Angeles with home-testing kits for sexually transmitted diseases, at a news conference in the Watts-Willowbrook area of Los Angeles on Sept. 19, 2011. Los Angeles County has the highest number of chlamydia cases and the second-highest number of gonorrhea cases in the country. (Associated Press)

Drug-resistant gonorrhea cured in new drug trial

A clinical trial has found two treatment options to cure increasingly drug-resistant modern strains of gonorrhea, but they often have side effects, and federal officials called for more research Monday.

July 15, 2013
** FILE ** Stephen Cyr (left), 13, and his brother Paul, 15, attend a "Save Our Scouts" prayer vigil and rally in front of the Boy Scouts of America national headquarters in Texas on Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

Boy Scouts alternative program will ask youths to be sexually pure

Organizers said Tuesday that they were putting the final touches on a "character-development" national program for boys, in the most direct challenge to date to the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to allow openly gay boys to participate in Scouting.

July 9, 2013
Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

California gay couples revel in marriage rights

As more than a million supporters of same-sex marriage gathered in San Francisco for a gay pride parade Sunday, California county clerks continued issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, while opponents suffered another defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court.

June 30, 2013