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Oscar-winning actor and women’s health activist Halle Berry joins female
senators as they introduce new legislation to boost federal research on
menopause, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2024. The bipartisan
Senate bill, the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, would
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Oscar-winning actor and women’s health activist Halle Berry joins female
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Senate bill, the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, would
create public health efforts to improve women’s mid-life health. (AP Photo/J.
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Oscar-winning actor and women’s health activist Halle Berry joins female
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Senate bill, the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, would
create public health efforts to improve women’s mid-life health. (AP Photo/J.
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Oscar-winning actor and women’s health activist Halle Berry joins female
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Oscar-winning actor and women’s health activist Halle Berry joins female
senators as they introduce new legislation to boost federal research on
menopause, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2024. The bipartisan
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Oscar-winning actor and women’s health activist Halle Berry joins Sen. Patty
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push
for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around
menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age.
The legislation calls for the federal government to spend more on clinical
trials on menopause as well as the hormone therapy that is used to treat hot
flashes and other symptoms.
Berry, 57, shouted about menopause outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. She
said it’s a word her own doctor told her he was scared to say in front of her.
“I’m in menopause, OK?” Berry yelled, eliciting chuckles from the crowd. “The
shame has to be taken out of menopause. We have to talk about this very normal
part of our life that happens. Our doctors can’t even say the word to us, let
alone walk us through the journey.”
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AP AUDIO: HALLE BERRY SHOUTS FROM THE CAPITOL, ‘I’M IN MENOPAUSE’ AS SHE SEEKS
TO END A STIGMA AND WIN FUNDING.
AP correspondent Margie Szaroleta reports on actor Halle Berry going to Capitol
Hill to push for menopause research funding.
In recent months, the leading Hollywood actor has been candid about the painful
symptoms she experienced while going through perimenopause, which occurs before
menopause when a woman’s estrogen levels start dropping. Her doctor initially
misdiagnosed her with herpes, a sexually transmitted disease that both Berry and
her partner tested negative for.
Under a proposal by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Republican
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, $125 million would be set aside for clinical
trials, public health and medical research on menopause. The remaining money
would help support menopause detection and diagnosis, train doctors on treating
menopause and raising public awareness around it.
“Menopause is not a bad word, it’s not something to be ashamed of, and it’s not
something Congress or the federal government should ignore,” Murray said.
The bill is backed by 17 senators — three Republicans, 13 Democrats, one
independent and all of them women. Several senators said Thursday they hope the
bill will also encourage doctors, women and men to speak more openly about the
health milestone all women experience.
Besides Berry, other celebrities have started sharing more about menopause on
talk shows and in interviews, while some have even started hawking products
related to it. And last year, President Joe Biden came out with a new initiative
to improve the federal government’s research around women’s health, including
menopause. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Institutes of
Health, has said that too little is known about women’s health through all
stages of life. Her agency is the federal government’s leading medical research
arm.
While the legislation has cleared what is typically one of Congress’ biggest
hurdles — getting bipartisan support — its prospects are uncertain. It’s
difficult getting bills through Congress at any time and the challenges are
compounded now by the divisiveness on the Hill and the dwindling number of days
on the legislative calendar before the November election.
The group of women will need to get buy-in from their male colleagues to make
the money for menopause research a reality. Congress is overwhelmingly
represented by men.
Murkowski said she was looking forward to getting support from her male
counterparts. “If men went through menopause we would have adequately and
appropriately funded the research (into) menopause decades and decades ago.”
__
Associated Press Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report.
AMANDA SEITZ
Seitz is an Associated Press reporter covering federal health care policy. She
is based in Washington, D.C.
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