The Aborted
The Aborted The character is aging in her late 70s. She is retired from being a public defender and a judge. The pass is echoing and surfacing. When she was in high school she had an abortion. She was a high achiver in High School, a good girl. Her mother did not want to see her daughter 's reputation tarnished. Her boyfriend 's mother was a nurse and assisted in helping with the abortion. The character like other women that chose abortions because they felt like having a child would ruin their life. volume_up (Setting: A dimly lit study, bookshelves line the walls. ELIZABETH, a distinguished woman in her late 70s, sits in a worn armchair. Moonlight streams through the window, casting long shadows. She holds a framed photo – a younger ELIZABETH, beaming in her high school graduation gown. Her voice trembles slightly.) ELIZABETH: Seventy-eight years. Seventy-eight. Feels like yesterday I was walking across that stage, diploma clutched tight, the whole world stret...