The Life of the Mother

A high-risk pregnancy in a climate of fear about abortion.

- By Stephania Taladrid. Photographs by Carlos Jaramillo

Yeni's family and friends commemorate her birthday at her grave site. "Life is too short for tears and hate," she used to say.

LEGAL NAME OF DECEASED

Yeniifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick

date of death—actual or presumed
July 10, 2022

marital status at time of death
☑ Married

if death occurred in a hospital
☑ ER/Outpatient

if female
☑ Pregnant at time of death

location (city/town and state)
Luling, TX

manner of death
☑ Pending Investigation

Yeniifer Alvarez arrived in central Texas from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, in 1998. At three, she was just old enough to have a sense of a world left behind: the fire that warmed the house in the evening, the meat hung to dry outside the door, and