Congressional leaders will unveil Thursday a $275 million bill to boost federal research, physician training and public awareness about menopause, a campaign led by prominent female lawmakers and boosted by the star power of actor Halle Berry.

Actor and women’s rights activist Halle Berry joined senators on Capitol Hill to share her experience going through menopause as they unveiled a bill to boost menopause care. She says that the inevitable midlife event that all women go through needs to be destigmatized.

I’m in menopause, okay? And that is why I’m having this issue,” Berry responded. Halle Berry reveals: Perimenopause was misdiagnosed as the 'worst case of herpes' This en

Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause.