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...MARGARET HECKLER'S recent turnaround on the "Squeal Rule" attracted a lot of attention. As a Republican Congresswoman from Massachusetts, she opposed the controversial rule requiring that parents be notified when their children younger than 18 seek birth control information at federally funded clinics. An abrupt about-face was required when President Reagan nominated her to become his new Secretary of Health and Human Services...
...fact of the matter is the president himself supports it strongly." Heckler said at her confirmation hearing. "The issue has been closed really. "Click Another twirl in the career of the pirouetting Peggy--for she's been doing this verbal dance on women's issues and a few others for years now. But until President Reagan resuscitated her political corpse, insiders thought the flip-flopping had done her in for good...
...annually) and more children born to unmarried teen-agers (131,000 currently). Last April, 32 members of Congress agreed; they contended in a letter that the regulation "would result in a drastic increase in the number of teen-age pregnancies." One signer was Massachusetts Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler. After losing her bid for reelection, Heckler was President Reagan's choice to succeed the retiring Schweiker. During her upcoming confirmation hearings, Senators-not to mention parents-will be curious to learn where she stands...
Government also beckoned to a University administrator, when President Reagan's new Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Rep. Margaret Heckler (R-Mass.), tapped George W. Siguler, Harvard's associate treasurer, to head her transition team...
Reagan nominated Heckler on January 12 to replace Richard S. Schweiker...