At the New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Halle Berry criticized California governor Gavin Newsom for failing to support legislation that would have benefitted women going through menopause. “Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row,” she said.

Berry, who’s become an outspoken advocate for better menopausal care in the past few years, went on to say that Newsom has “overlooked women — half the population — by devaluing us in midlife,” adding that “he probably should not be our next president either.” Berry spoke strongly in support of expanding access to menopause-related care, saying that if men “had a medical condition that disrupted their sleep, brain function, and sex life, we

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