This paper considers literature written by American Latino authors who address any of the three life issues (abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia). After surveying literary criticism of Latino works, the paper focuses on works in three separate genres: Tato Laviera’s poem “Jesús Papote” (1981), the prose passage “Silent Dancing” (1990) by Judith Ortiz Cofer, and the film Bella (2006). The paper explicates and critiques these works so that non-Latino audiences can appreciate the themes evoked in the literature.