Halle Berry Says Her Doctor Wouldn't Say This 1 Word. Now She’s Helping Congress End The Stigma.
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“‘I’m in menopause!’” the actor shouted on Capitol Hill as a bill to improve women's health was introduced.
Actor Halle Berry shed light on the stigma surrounding menopause in a passionate speech Thursday on Capitol Hill as she helped lawmakers introduce a bill to improve women’s health care.
Berry joined senators at an event to promote the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, which would direct more federal funding toward research, education and clinical trials on menopause and on hormone replacement therapy to treat hot flashes and other associated symptoms.
In her speech Thursday, Berry, 57, shared a recent experience she had with a doctor who skirted around naming the cause of her health concerns because of the stigma attached to the word.
“We went back and forth… I finally realized he wasn’t going to say it. So I thought, ‘OK, I have to do what no man can do. I have to say it.’”
“I said, ’I’m in menopause!” she shouted.
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