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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.

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Rep. Barbara Lee, California Democrat, disputed dubbing the measure a "jobs bill," and said the money should instead be used for job training and summer jobs. March 4, 2010. (Associated Press) File

House bill a sneak attack on comprehensive sex education, Democrats say

The battle over teen sex education is firing up again: Congressional committees are boosting funds to abstinence-education programs while cutting other anti-pregnancy approaches. Also, the House's newly passed education bill prohibits federal funding of materials or programs that "normalize teen sexual activity as an expected behavior." The bill's language is being criticized by Democrats as a sneak attack on comprehensive sex education.

July 9, 2015
In this photo taken June 1, 2015, Marion Fire Department Capt. Wade Ralph shows a dose of naloxone, used by emergency crews to revive overdosing heroin users in Marion, Ohio. The life-saving drug was used repeatedly when a super-charged batch of heroin led to more than 30 overdoses in an 11-day period at the end of May in the small Ohio city. (AP Photo/Mitch Stacy)

Heroin usage rates jump in last decade: CDC

Heroin use in the United States is growing, with more than 500,000 people estimated to be addicted to the dangerous narcotic, the federal government said Tuesday.

July 7, 2015
"Jesus Christ, with great love, taught unambiguously that from the beginning marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman. As Catholic bishops, we follow our Lord and will continue to teach and to act according to this truth," Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement. (Associated Press)

Gay marriage: Religious leaders reject ruling as legal battles loom

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision declaring same-sex marriage a constitutional right, the battleground is shifting to religious freedom and whether religious people and/or churches can be compelled to sanction behavior contrary to their religious beliefs.

June 28, 2015
Spectators wave flags during the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade as it makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Thousands of people turned out for the parade led by the island's governor. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Millennials eclipse baby boomers: Census

America's 75 million baby boomers are officially outnumbered by the far larger younger generation born between 1982 and 2000, the Census Bureau said Thursday.

June 25, 2015
In a Tuesday July 2, 2013 photo, pro-abortion rights supporter Yatzel Sabat, left, and anti-abortion protester Amanda Reed demonstrate at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas. The Supreme Court is considering an emergency appeal from abortion providers in Texas, a judgment that will likely affect a case winding through the courts in Louisiana. (Associated Press via Jay Janner of Austin American-Statesman/File).

Louisiana abortion law challenged at federal level

A federal judge Monday heard testimony in a trial challenging Louisiana's abortion law, while pro-choice advocates continued their wait on the Supreme Court to weigh in on a related legal fight in Texas.

June 22, 2015