A Little House in Aberdeen (Short Film)

A woman reflects on her past and reflects on her future - while she happens to be having an abortion.

'A Little House in Aberdeen' is a dramatic short film by Emily Goss.

More from Emily: "A lot of people might think they can't empathize with someone who has had an abortion or they can't relate to that experience - I want to blow that up. I believe that the more specific a story is, the more universal it is. So the best way I knew to create an empathetic character was to give the very specific anecdotes of my life and the thoughts that run through my head to her. (My grandfather ran the concessions at a racetrack, my mom didn't have an epidural when she gave birth to me because she got to the hospital too late because she was moving a huge glass table and everything started happening too quickly after that, and so on). I also knew that I was going to be playing the character, and it felt right to put myself into her. Because I could have been in this situation. The point of the film is that we all could be in this situation. The circumstances and beliefs that separate us are malleable and constructed. And of course many of us have been in this situation! Abortion is extremely common. 1 in 4 women will have an abortion in addition to the trans and nonbinary people who have them. But I don't know how these numbers will be affected now that Roe has been overturned. "