NEW YORK CITY, New York — Actress and women’s-health advocate Halle Berry sharply criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, saying his repeated vetoes of a menopause-care bill disqualify him from consideration as the “next president,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported .

Berry spoke at the DealBook Summit in New York, and singled out the governor’s decision to reject the Menopause Care Equity Act (AB 432) for a second year in a row.

The bill directs the National Institutes of Health to conduct a comprehensive review of all existing and ongoing research on menopause, perimenopause and midlife women’s health.

It requires the NIH to identify research gaps, especially around treatments, safety and effectiveness, and to report how much federal funding has been dedicated to t

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