Halle Berry joins senators to announce menopause legislation

Washington — Actor Halle Berry joined a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday to announce new legislation to promote menopause research, training and education. 

"I'm here because I'm standing up for myself. Because I know that when a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women," Berry said. "And all women go through menopause."

The bill, called the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women's Health Act, is sponsored by a group of women including Sens. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat; Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican; Tammy Baldwin, Democrat of Wisconsin; Susan Collins, a Maine Republican; Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat; and Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia. It would devote tens of millions of dollars to menopause research, to raise public awareness and to train health care providers.