Jailyn
Jailyn Ortiz, 21 years old and 38 weeks pregnant, poses near the hotel near Times Square designated as a shelter for families experiencing homelessness where she lives with her partner. Her first baby will be delivered by cesarean section next week–Jailyn wanted an unmedicated birth, but cannot because her baby is breech. She's afraid that she won't be safe without control over her birth: she knows several women whose newborns have died.