Halle Berry, 57, screams 'I'm in menopause!' on steps of US Capitol at rally to ... trends now
Halle Berry joined a group of bipartisan senators at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to push for legislation that would allocate $275 million toward research and education for menopause.
The 57-year-old actress proudly declared that she was in menopause, the major hormone shift middle-age women experience marking the end of their menstrual cycles.
'I'm in menopause, OK?' Berry announced. '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.'
The bipartisan Senate bill, known as the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women's Health Act, asks the federal government to increase funding for hormone therapy, which is used to treat hot flashes and other symptoms, as well as clinical trials related to menopause.
Oscar-winning actress 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, DC, on Thursday
The 57-year-old actress proudly declared that she was in menopause, the major hormone shift middle-age women experience signaling the end of their menstrual cycles
The bipartisan 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
After receiving a false diagnosis of Herpes, Berry found out the truth about her painful symptoms: she was experiencing perimenopause, or the beginning stages of menopause when estrogen levels
