07/19/2025

‘A National Movement’

More than 12 states consider laws around menopause care,, training for doctors

There is a new wave of interest in improving menopause care in the United States – it's in books, on podcasts and dominating social media hashtags – and it's even generating new legislation across more than a dozen states.

From New York to California, lawmakers are weighing whether to support more menopause training for clinicians or mandate comprehensive insurance coverage for menopause treatment. Advocates of such legislation argue that these changes could improve access to care and reduce the risk that menopause symptoms will be dismissed by providers.

At least two dozen bills have been introduced across 15 states this year, according to data from Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, executive director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at the New York University School of Law, and her colleagues who have been tracking menopause legislation.

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