Answer the following question given this paragraph: 

For most women, menstrual cycles continue until their mid- or late- forties. Then women go through menopause , a period during which their menstrual cycles slow down and eventually stop, generally by their early fifties. After menopause, women can no longer reproduce naturally because their ovaries no longer produce eggs.


Q: What's the term for the period during which women's ovaries stop producing eggs?


A:
menopause