--- title: Jessica Chastain Women's Health Trolls Tweets description: Find out how Jessica Chastain responded to Twitter trolls who made comments about women's healthcare. canonical: https://time.com/4706665/jessica-chastain-women-healthcare-twitter/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-20T19:07:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:13.485Z og:title: Jessica Chastain Takes on Twitter Trolls to Defend Women’s Healthcare og:description: The outspoken actress isn’t afraid to share her viewpoint og:url: https://time.com/4706665/jessica-chastain-women-healthcare-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt285a9a6b19272569/6988bf25fb4eac7d34891301/jessica-chastain-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "The Zookeeper's Wife" Special Screening og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jessica Chastain Takes on Twitter Trolls to Defend Women’s Healthcare twitter:description: The outspoken actress isn’t afraid to share her viewpoint twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt285a9a6b19272569/6988bf25fb4eac7d34891301/jessica-chastain-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jessica Chastain Takes on Twitter Trolls to Defend Women’s Healthcare > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic) Jessica Chastain attends "The Zookeeper's Wife" special screening at Regal Union Square on March 19, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic) Andrew Toth—FilmMagic  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Mar 20, 2017 7:07 PM UTC Jessica Chastain isn’t afraid to take on Twitter trolls or the Trump Administration when it comes to women’s healthcare. On Sunday, the [Academy Award-nominee](http://www.today.com/popculture/jessica-chastain-not-aiming-oscar-win-miss-sloane-t105839) and [proud feminist](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jessica-chastain-on-why-we-desperately-need-women-on-movie-sets%5Fus%5F56699b0ae4b0f290e52226ec) tweeted a link to an [article](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-maternity-coverage%5Fus%5F58c84f0ce4b022994fa2dd41?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067) that quoted White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer [saying that](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/14/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-3142017-23) mandatory coverage — such as [maternity care](https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/what-marketplace-plans-cover/) — under Obamacare was driving up health insurance costs. “A 54-year-old doesn’t need certain things,” [Spicer said](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/14/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-3142017-23). “They don’t need maternity care… They don’t need certain medical services that are being provided to them by this government product that is being forced on them right now.” Chastain clearly doesn’t agree with Spicer. “Some men dont want to pay for women’s health, but sorry, you wouldnt be here without us,” Chastain [wrote](https://twitter.com/jes%5Fchastain/status/843438993052254208?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw). “Time to show honor & respect for your mothers guys.” > [](https://twitter.com/jes%5Fchastain/status/843438993052254208) Her tweet [received ](https://twitter.com/jes%5Fchastain/status/843440409791680512)some less-than-positive responses. One Twitter user named “Mark” said that Chastain was being “so patronising \[sic\] and condescending,” reports [Refinery29](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/03/145954/jessica-chastain-twitter-troll-healthcare-for-women). Another user named “Steven” hit back with, “Female Republicans don’t want to pay for womens health either. This is about political/religious beliefs, not gender” But Chastain wasn’t having it. She responded: “Please Steven, tell me more about what women want. I need your insight,” and “Thank you Mark for teaching me about feminism.” > [](https://twitter.com/jes%5Fchastain/status/843440409791680512) > [](https://twitter.com/jes%5Fchastain/status/843485547075194881) \[H/T [Refinery29](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/03/145954/jessica-chastain-twitter-troll-healthcare-for-women)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4706665/jessica-chastain-women-healthcare-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4706665/jessica-chastain-women-healthcare-twitter/"},"headline":"Jessica Chastain Takes on Twitter Trolls to Defend Women’s Healthcare","datePublished":"2017-03-20T19:07:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:13.485Z","description":"The outspoken actress isn’t afraid to share her viewpoint","url":"https://time.com/4706665/jessica-chastain-women-healthcare-twitter/","keywords":["motto","Women's Health","sexism","Jessica Chastain"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt285a9a6b19272569/6988bf25fb4eac7d34891301/jessica-chastain-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt285a9a6b19272569/6988bf25fb4eac7d34891301/jessica-chastain-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Zookeeper's Wife\" Special Screening","caption":"\"The Zookeeper's Wife\" Special Screening","creditText":"Andrew Toth—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4706665/jessica-chastain-women-healthcare-twitter/","name":"Jessica Chastain Takes on Twitter Trolls to Defend Women’s Healthcare"}}]}] ```