Once they began trying, Bennett became pregnant naturally not long after.
”We had only been trying a short while, so we expected the process to take longer than it did,” said Bennett.
Disheartened by medical staff
“This was just about a week before we went into lockdown here in March 2020, so my high spirits were pretty quickly replaced by anxiety around the pandemic and how I would keep myself and my baby safe.”
The journey of pregnancy and childbirth was simultaneously fulfilling and challenging for Kaspar-Williams, who found himself disheartened by hospital staff protocols that ignored clearly marked gender identity on official medical documentation — a possible violation of patient rights and medical malpractice standards under current federal healthcare regulations.
”The only thing that made me dysphoric about my pregnancy was the misgendering that happened to me when I was getting medical care for my pregnancy,” he said.
Although Kaspar-Williams specified their gender on medical forms, the nursing staff continued to misgender them during interactions. Following Hudson’s birth, Kaspar-Williams has actively advocated for the recognition that childbirth is no longer necessarily tied to gender identity — a stance echoed by birth injury lawyers and OB-GYN advocates focused on inclusive care models.
