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by Sydna Masse | July 24, 2017 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, An Appeal to Post-Abortive Women | 0 Comments

An appeal to post-abortive women who are still in search of God’s healing to begin to address this pain using Ramah International’s new website at herchoicetoheal.com.

by Sydna Masse | December 28, 2016 | Ministry Update | 0 Comments

Sydna Masse provides an update on the ministry accomplishments of Ramah International in 2016 along with plans for ministry advancement in 2017.

by Sydna Masse | June 27, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Just reading the word “adoption” filled me with fear of the long-term pain associated with never knowing what happened to my child. Envisioning my baby being ripped from my arms and given to strangers was too much to consider. Abortion seemed far easier in my teenage logic.

by Sydna Masse | August 14, 2017 | Abortion Recovery Grid, Our Ministry Rocks, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

Judy concluded, “Put a stone in this basket and write on it the name of every life God touches through your lovely heart. This basket will serve to strengthen your ministry and encourage your heart in years to come that God is using you mightily. I’m glad that my rock is there first!”

by Sydna Masse | January 19, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Signs bearing the message, “We are the pro-life generation that will abolish abortion!” will be in full view in Washington this week.  Members of the millennial audience, or Generation Y, are expected to turn out in record number for this year’s...

by Sydna Masse | July 31, 2017 | Abortion As A Family Secret, Addressing Anger Session 4 | 0 Comments

When a mother does not make this choice, it’s normal for her to blame those who insisted she abort. Since she cannot divorce her family, her life can be miserable whenever she’s around those that forced her to take the life of her child.

by Sydna Masse | November 2, 2015 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Letting Go Session 7 | 0 Comments

“That was the Planned Parenthood where I learned about my unplanned pregnancy in 1981,” I pointed out to Sarah Buler as we looked out the window of the Alternatives of Kalamazoo pregnancy center in Michigan two weeks ago. Over the years, I have...

by Sydna Masse | May 29, 2015 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Anxiety over fertility and childbearing issues is a common element of Abortion PTSD. Some women maintain a fear that they might never again become pregnant.

by Sydna Masse | November 9, 2015 | Extended Wounded Fathers, Extended Wounded Grandparents, Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“I know you had an abortion, Sydna!” my mother screamed at the end of a horrific telephone argument in 1985. My abortion four years earlier had been a difficult secret to maintain. My mother’s secret knowledge of my choice had obviously festered in...

by Sydna Masse | February 6, 2017 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Family histories that include abortion often contain many other traumatic events. Unplanned pregnancy often results during deep family strife as one generation significantly impacts another. These strife cycles cascade down the family line often ending in a generational circle of discord. Since one generation clearly impacts another, abortion decisions are often repeated down a family line.

by Sydna Masse | July 10, 2017 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, I Never Heard from them Again, Letting Go Session 7 | 0 Comments

Ramah International’s main goal is to help individuals experiencing abortion pain find God’s healing. Whether this is by talking to them directly and helping them discover God’s healing, writing blogs that answer their deepest questions, taking calls because they are pregnant again and considering abortion, or in referring them to local abortion recovery programs.

by Sydna Masse | August 11, 2011 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Many of us who have been raised in traumatic circumstances have a hard time understanding the nature of love. “God is love.” What does that mean? I spent a great deal of my life fearing God, particularly so after my abortion.

by Sydna Masse | June 19, 2017 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, You Never Know Whose Listening | 0 Comments

Missing from the mix are the voices of tens of millions who are shattered deeply by the loss of their child(ren). These hearts absorb the murderer/killer title with great shame and guilt. Locked in silent prisons of pain, they reach judgmental conclusions about themselves and believe the worst – that they have committed the unforgivable sin.

by Sydna Masse | November 21, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Could there be a scientific reason for the emotional, physical, psychological and spiritual pain that can result after abortion?

by Sydna Masse | May 28, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

A large percentage of women (and men) feel clear relief after an abortion because their unplanned pregnancy has been “resolved.” Many go on for decades without even thinking about that choice.

by Sydna Masse | February 13, 2017 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

It is normal for human beings to avoid or deny sad feelings. Few actively embrace sorrow after abortion due to the fear that their tears could result in depression that could lead to suicide. We then miss the results of embracing sorrow, outlined in Psalm 126:5-6 (NIV) – Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy…

by Sydna Masse | June 20, 2016 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Anniversary pain can be focused on the date of the abortion or the due date of the aborted child. When these dates resurface, unknown sorrow can result. Many times there is relief in understanding that this pain has a source.

by Sydna Masse | August 3, 2015 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“You’re pregnant!” the Planned Parenthood "counselor" in Kalamazoo, Michigan announced to me in August, 1981. I was just 19 years old, preparing for my sophomore year at a Christian college. Instantly, my whole world shattered. Abortion was the...

by Sydna Masse | June 5, 2015 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

I found myself crying all night.  My eyes were sealed shut with mucus the next morning due to the extent of my tears. The third week in March was always a bad week for me after my abortion in 1981.  Without knowing anything about Abortion PTSD, I...

by Sydna Masse | May 27, 2015 | Extended Wounded Fathers, Extended Wounded Grandparents, Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Rarely will a woman confess to a past abortion. Even more uncommon is for involved friends or family members to bring up the topic afterwards.

by Sydna Masse | June 16, 2015 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

If you are one of the millions of women who have experienced abortion, you know that the memories associated with this experience can be difficult and even painful. Yet months and years may go by without any remembrance of the abortion. Then you...

by Sydna Masse | March 28, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, My Child in Heaven Session 8 | 0 Comments

“You aren’t giving women the hope of seeing their children in heaven, are you, Sydna?” an abortion recovery leader probed me during an initial conversation in my first years in ministry.  “Scripture isn’t clear that the destination of aborted souls...

by Sydna Masse | November 17, 2015 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“No one will ever have to know you were pregnant,” the orderly at my abortion clinic outlined dryly. “You can go on with your life as if nothing ever happened!” I absorbed her comments, working to believe her. She “sold” my abortion as something...

by Sydna Masse | December 5, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, My Child in Heaven Session 8 | 0 Comments

Every holiday season is filled with reminiscences of celebrations with family and friends, many of whom have gone ahead of us to Heaven. Christmas celebrates God sending His own Son to Earth through a teenage unwed mother. That story, in itself, can trigger unresolved abortion pain.

by Sydna Masse | September 26, 2016 | Abortion Recovery Grid, Extended Wounded Grandparents, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 2 Comments

“I feel like I’m in a grief pit with no way out and no one to talk to,” the grandparent of an aborted child painfully outlined. “I don’t even have a right to say I’m a grandmother.”

by Sydna Masse | August 7, 2017 | Abortion's Survivor Guilt | 0 Comments

Abortion finds many of us at a crossroads. Individuals can easily forget the added dysfunction they endured because they chose abortion. Rarely does abortion improve a life but often it leads to other problematic behavior that impact family life.

by Sydna Masse | August 31, 2011 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Over the years I have met a handful of women who truly did heal from this pain miraculously. I’ve never doubted anyone healing initially. God clearly can do anything He wants to do. But this “instant healing” is rare.

by Sydna Masse | May 21, 2015 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

For most of us who made this choice, this is a secret we dare not share. If people – even loved ones – knew about our abortion decision, they would not like us, love us, or associate with us.

by Sydna Masse | October 22, 2012 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

There is clear reason for alarm. The U.S. government seems adamant in expanding abortion rights at a level we never anticipated – both here and around the world.

by Sydna Masse | June 24, 2015 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“Sydna, I’m afraid that if I cry for my aborted child, I won’t be able to stop,” my lunch partner confessed. “I’m not suicidal at all. I just want to go to Heaven and hold my baby.  I felt this way when my mother died!  I missed her so much!”...

by Sydna Masse | June 28, 2011 | Abortion Recovery | 0 Comments

The vehicle then cut across our traffic lane ahead of us and hit the right embankment very hard. As Tom pulled our car to a stop, we watched this automobile flip two times and come to a grinding thud less than 25 yards in front of us.

by Sydna Masse | April 4, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Abortion seemed like a lie worth believing when I discovered my unplanned pregnancy in my local Planned Parenthood office at 19 years of age.  The falsehoods Planned Parenthood sold to me that day would reverberate in my life forever.  Sadly, I...

by Sydna Masse | March 14, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

"The list of Abortion PTSD symptoms is endless,” the father of a post-abortive woman wrote despondently. “Abortion is something people cannot get over. I know they can say they have, but I don't see evidence of that.” The hopelessness of this man's...

by Sydna Masse | November 14, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Sexual trafficking ministries have long understood the connection between abortion and sexual abuse. For those caught in the web of sexual slavery, abortion is a well-used financial tool for traffickers. Those that escape that imprisonment often report multiple forced abortion experiences.

by Sydna Masse | June 26, 2017 | Abortion Recovery Grid, Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

"I've confessed my sin, Sydna, to you and God," the woman outlined. "I’ve attended a weekend abortion recovery retreat as well. Why isn't the pain gone now? Why isn’t God healing me faster?" Post-abortive women often spend a lot of emotional energy...

by Sydna Masse | October 3, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

For those experiencing Abortion PTSD, it is normal for sights, sounds, smells and even feelings they encountered during the time of their abortion decision to ignite memories they are working to forget.

by Sydna Masse | January 11, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

“But I aborted to be able to finish college,” the post-abortive woman outlined in her message.  “Now I can’t even move.  I’m in deep depression, have failed two classes and I want to know what is wrong with me!  I can’t see how any of this relates...

by Sydna Masse | April 25, 2016 | Extended Wounded Fathers, Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

"The pastor said my abortion is an unforgivable sin because I blasphemed the Holy Spirit in rejecting His gift of life,” a post-abortive woman outlined in an e-mail message.  “There is no hope for me to ever enter Heaven, Sydna, right?” The wounded...

by Sydna Masse | August 17, 2015 | Addressing Anger Session 4, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“I thought they killed you up there!” my boyfriend announced as he met me outside the abortion clinic where my unborn child had just died. As the father of my aborted baby announced the possibility of my demise during that procedure, I wondered...

by Sydna Masse | August 24, 2015 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“There is no sin that God can’t forgive – even abortion,” Dr. James Dobson outlined during my first day working at Focus on the Family in October of 1991. “The problem may be you don’t forgive yourself, and you may need help.” His simple point was...

by Sydna Masse | June 9, 2015 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

A post-abortive person’s heart can be split – before and after the abortion.   Every element of my life changed when my child died in that Indianapolis abortion clinic in 1981.  Immediately I felt like no one could understand me.  My vow that “no...

by Sydna Masse | June 10, 2015 | Addressing Anger Session 4, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

"I can’t go to that pregnancy center for abortion recovery. It’s right next to the Right to Life offices and I’m scared of those people,” the young caller outlined when I gave her a referral for an abortion recovery program in her area. She went on...

by Sydna Masse | March 7, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“I’ve had too many abortions, Sydna,” the caller outlined. “God simply cannot forgive me.” My response is always the same - There is no sin that God cannot forgive - even abortion. The problem may be you don’t forgive yourself and may need some...

by Sydna Masse | February 1, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

C.S. Lewis once said, “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” When it comes to a past abortion, embracing a recovery class seems like an agonizing concept but it...

by Sydna Masse | May 9, 2016 | Extended Wounded Grandparents, Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child, Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Women do not get pregnant by themselves. Rarely do they end up in abortion clinics without being impacted by the opinion of others. Whether through direct or indirect involvement, abortion enablers are those who encourage, bully, intimidate, coerce or assist women in choosing abortion.

by Sydna Masse | August 29, 2016 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

I was a Christian when I entered an abortion clinic. My boyfriend and I were both pastor’s kids. Our sexual relationship was obviously sinful but I could rationalize it because everyone was doing it. That began a habit of sin justification that led to my child’s eventual demise.

by Sydna Masse | July 11, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“This is the place where we do the great evil. Will God ever forgive us?” the Russian nurse commented as she opened a large door to her hospital’s abortion area for Ramah’s visiting ministry team.

by Sydna Masse | January 9, 2017 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

With the approaching battle in Congress to remove Planned Parenthood funding, parents need to be prepared to answer this question from their children. Whether you have experienced an abortion or not, educating our children about abortion’s devastation will help ENSURE they never make such a choice.

by Sydna Masse | January 30, 2017 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Every time the word “abortion” is overheard by a post-abortive heart, a trigger of abortion pain can be unleashed. This simple phrase rarely brings any joy to those considering its ramifications. Any one related to a post-abortive person can watch our transformation from blindness on this topic simply by watching our body language and listening to our conversation. Here are five common stages of post-abortive denial…

by Sydna Masse | April 10, 2017 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Abortion clearly involves giving birth. It obviously involves the loss of a child. However you view the abortion issue, there is no denying that this form of voluntary child loss has a physical impact on the women that choose it.

by Sydna Masse | February 20, 2017 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“Can I have a cigarette first?” Norma McCorvey, the infamous “Jane Roe” in the Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion in America, stood next to me behind the stage. Her request outlined her apprehension of what would happen over the next five minutes.

by Sydna Masse | October 12, 2012 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

One third of all American women are post-abortive. You encounter us – in supermarkets, teaching your children, running day care centers, and at the top levels of corporations.

by Sydna Masse | May 2, 2016 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Post-abortion healing often begins when post-abortive women take the tentative step to exit their self-imposed prisons of secrecy to reach out for help. I will never forget the day I summoned the courage to open a booklet entitled, Identifying and Overcoming Post-Abortion Syndrome.

by Sydna Masse | June 4, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

"I don’t support what you did, but I’m here to support you." This comment voices disdain for the individual and reverts the conversation back to you and your heart on the abortion issue.  This can be very damaging to the individual who needs...

by Sydna Masse | August 22, 2016 | Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Abortion changes everything. In leaving an abortion clinic, one is dead while the mother is typically wounded in some way. Initially, family members endure the brunt of the emotional, spiritual and psychological fall out. Many have no idea an abortion has occurred.

by Sydna Masse | July 25, 2016 | Extended Wounded Fathers, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

A woman cannot get pregnant alone. Society often places the entire responsibility for an abortion choice on the mother who walked into the clinic. Yet for every aborted child, there is a father who may or may not have been involved in their child’s death.

by Sydna Masse | May 15, 2017 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Abortion impacts a woman’s body, soul and mind. The simple fact that post-abortive women rarely share this truth with others confirms that abortion often has unseen consequences.

by Sydna Masse | April 1, 2014 | Addressing Anger Session 4, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Abortion has become a common American experience. Just because we, the post-abortive, don’t talk about it doesn’t mean it’s not impacting us.

by Sydna Masse | September 19, 2016 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“She became a completely different person overnight,” the caller outlined about her daughter. “I read your blog and believe that she may have chosen abortion.” Abortion changes everything, whether the mother or father knows it or not.

by Sydna Masse | October 16, 2012 | Abortion Recovery, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | 0 Comments

This past summer our family was forced to file for personal bankruptcy. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill may be a memory to most of you but we will always remember it as the tool God used to move us out of Florida.

by Sydna Masse | October 3, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

Planned Parenthood's touting a July, 2015 Plos One research study that,“examined women’s emotions and reports of whether the abortion decision was the right one for them.”  Based on the lack of obvious regret among a tiny sample of women,...

by Sydna Masse | September 12, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“Get. Out.” She slammed the door shut again and waited until his footsteps echoed off the last of the wood risers below. Crumbling to the floor, she let the sobs loose. Life had been better when she’d kept her heart on ice.

by Sydna Masse | June 13, 2011 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

One of the biggest battles in the abortion issue has been over whether or not post-abortion syndrome (PAS), a form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as it relates to abortion, really exists among women who have made this choice.

by Sydna Masse | June 13, 2016 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“I asked God to stop me if aborting wasn’t His will for my life. When He didn’t, I felt it was okay. Why didn’t He stop me, Sydna?” the post-abortive woman asked. Many faith-based hearts prayed before they aborted, asking for God to intervene if...

by Sydna Masse | May 20, 2015 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Imagine receiving a call from a survey company asking, “Has anyone in your home experienced abortion?”

by Sydna Masse | August 22, 2011 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

When I started my abortion recovery class, I was only there because of God. Our Creator seemed to insist in so many ways that I attend. He even put the words into my mouth when I voluntarily agreed to attend as part of taking a new job.

by Sydna Masse | May 26, 2015 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Post-abortive individuals often view their choice to abort as unforgivable in the eyes of God. Many also struggle in forgiving others who participated in their abortion choice.

by Sydna Masse | August 24, 2011 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

I was hesitant to share my abortion secret with anyone — especially a physician. However, fear of condemnation and my own shame never over-ruled my conscience and I was normally truthful.

by Sydna Masse | July 13, 2015 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Have you ever endured food poisoning after eating out at a restaurant?  One Illinois buffet sickened an entire team of Ramah trainers before a conference.  The common denominator was the ranch dressing at the salad bar.  For those of us who...

by Sydna Masse | July 23, 2013 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Realize that the post-abortive are always within listening range. Many have overheard judgmental conversations that relayed messages like, “I think any woman that chooses abortion should go to prison!”

by Sydna Masse | September 8, 2015 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

If one third of American women have experienced abortion, why is it that you rarely hear anyone confess to this choice?   Abortion is typically cloaked in secrecy.  Post-abortive silence speaks volumes about the post-abortive shame that is often...

by Sydna Masse | May 16, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Imagine receiving a call from a survey company who asks, “Has anyone in your home experienced abortion?” If you are post-abortive, would you answer affirmatively?  Likely not! Women are typically hesitant to reveal they have made this choice to...

by Sydna Masse | August 1, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Abortion impacts a woman’s body, soul and mind. The simple fact that she will rarely share this truth with others confirms that abortion often has unseen consequences. Abortion is also a difficult truth to harbor in a heart.

by Sydna Masse | September 28, 2015 | Extended Wounded Fathers, Extended Wounded Grandparents, Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Planned Parenthood’s recent encouragement to women to tweet their abortion truth using #ShoutYourAbortion will have a long lasting impact not only on the women who responded but also on many families who will read, with horror, about the death of a...

by Sydna Masse | April 24, 2017 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

Today there are active efforts by pro-choice and pro-life groups to encourage women to share their abortion stories. Twitter campaigns like #shoutyourabortion and #1in3 are designed to NORMALIZE an abortion experience and reduce any related stigma. Sadly, in sharing this tale prior to God’s healing, more trauma can result for everyone involved.

by Sydna Masse | February 22, 2016 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“When I became a parent, I felt like I was truly living. I had a purpose, where before I didn’t,” singer Adele confessed in a March, 2016 Vogue article. At 27 years old, this very successful woman simply stated the truth – she was enjoying life...

by Sydna Masse | July 17, 2017 | Abortion's Haunting Impact, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, My Child in Heaven Session 8 | 0 Comments

When the aborted child’s placenta detaches from his mother’s womb, the mother often feels this separation deep within her soul. This “emptiness” often feels haunting as an abortion experience is difficult to ignore or forget.

by Sydna Masse | August 26, 2013 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

I want to invite you into one of the most private moments of my life. It was the moment my life was sliced in two, if you will. I say it was sliced into two because the person I was before this moment was drastically different from the person I quickly became for many years to come.

by Sydna Masse | January 23, 2017 | Abortion Recovery Grid, Addressing Anger Session 4, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Many souls wearing pink pussy-cat hats on Saturday’s march were likely post-abortive. No one defends abortion like those who have chosen it – at least, initially. Anger is typically a necessary element of any abortion rights protests.

by Sydna Masse | August 15, 2016 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

When God makes the reality of abortion obvious to a post-abortive soul, many feel they deserve incarceration – even the death penalty. Sadly, the worst prisons can be in our own minds.

by Sydna Masse | July 6, 2015 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Abortion stigma for me began the moment I realized I was pregnant.  In even considering an abortion, many women cross the line of their own personal conscience. One step can lead to another until you are quickly “pregnant no more.” It is nearly...

by Sydna Masse | April 18, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

"I don’t understand why women aren’t flooding onto platforms to share their abortion truth, Sydna,” a male pro-life leader declared during a long ago phone conversation.  “I’m angry that you aren't pushing women to take a stand against abortion...

by Sydna Masse | July 8, 2016 | Extended Wounded Fathers, Extended Wounded Grandparents, Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

When I decided to abort, I captured the false promise that afterwards I could go on as if nothing happened. The choice seemed the best for everyone involved – particularly my family. I believed this choice would afford both myself, my present and future family several advantages.

by Sydna Masse | April 11, 2016 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“This is an abortion clinic! What is she doing here?” I thought upon noticing a stranger entering the room.  “She does not look like a person who should be having an abortion.” The woman resembled a preppy teenager with short red hair and clear...

by Sydna Masse | June 15, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

“If she isn’t comfortable being called murderer, then she’s not healed!” the FB comment outlined on a shared post of my recent blog entitled, “I Can Hear You.” Since May, 2015, I’ve been blogging daily about elements of the American post-abortive...

by Sydna Masse | June 22, 2015 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“I can’t stop crying, Sydna,” the caller outlined. “All I can think about is the child I lost 20 years ago.  What’s happening to me?  Am I going crazy?” While abortion is a death experience, rarely do post-abortive people give themselves permission...

by Sydna Masse | November 28, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

The number and rate of abortions tallied by federal authorities have fallen to their lowest level in decades. The abortion rate for 2013 was half the rate recorded in 1980. The CDC tallied 664,435 abortions in 2013, discovering that the abortion rate was down 20 percent from 2004.

by Sydna Masse | April 16, 2013 | Abortion Recovery, Abortion Recovery Video Programs | 0 Comments

While abortion recovery video based programs seem popular, I strongly urge a re-evaluation of their overall use.

by Sydna Masse | August 31, 2015 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“Trust us,” my abortion recovery leader requested. “A memorial service for your aborted child will be a healing experience.” With each video release about Planned Parenthood's sale of aborted baby body parts from the Center for Medical Progress,...

by Sydna Masse | October 10, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Letting Go Session 7 | 0 Comments

Last month I walked among an amazing group of heroes at the 2015 CareNet conference. Pregnancy center personnel from all over the nation gathered for encouragement, to learn new things and to be revived in their work for life. I wouldn’t call...

by Sydna Masse | October 10, 2016 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Letting Go Session 7 | 0 Comments

Triggers of Abortion PTSD often arrive unexpectedly, activating a deep and forgotten pain. Since many post-abortive people work to forget this choice, the spark of these triggers can send them into a whirlwind of emotional anxiety.

by Sydna Masse | June 3, 2015 | Extended Wounded Grandparents, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Your daughter reveals the dreaded truth, “I had an abortion.” Your mind reacts with thoughts like, “It cannot be… What?  Why?  How come my daughter didn’t come to me?" In the midst of the wondering, a deep seated sense of loss sets in that doesn’t...

by Sydna Masse | June 2, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

Myth #2 – Pro-lifers are my Enemy Many post-abortive individuals report they are apprehensive of judgment and rejection from pro-life individuals specifically.  Most relay they feel more comfortable and secure around pro-choice individuals as they...

by Sydna Masse | June 12, 2017 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, The Traumatic Impact of Medication Abortion | 0 Comments

Unlike a surgical abortion procedure, the mother will likely view a tiny human when it passes out of her uterus.

by Sydna Masse | August 10, 2015 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“Why would I want to hold your hand?” I naively responded to the “nurse” at the abortion clinic as she helped me onto the surgical table. Her matter-of-fact response sent chills through my body, “Because you didn’t pay extra for anesthesia so this...

by Sydna Masse | October 31, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, My Child in Heaven Session 8 | 0 Comments

One in three American women living today have potentially experienced abortion. Post-abortive individuals are at every level of society, including our nation’s elderly care units like assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

by Sydna Masse | June 11, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

#3 - Don't Say – Did you know you lost a blob of tissue/baby/child/zygote/fetus/embryo? Many people have the urge to “set us straight” about our abortion loss. Please understand that our level of healing cannot be judged by our reactions to these...

by Sydna Masse | April 3, 2017 | Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

At the time, I was offered the fake news that abortion was safe and legal. It was my right as a woman to control my body. It would even make my life better by allowing me to erase this mistake and have a do-over. They said there was plenty of time to make other choices.

by Sydna Masse | April 17, 2017 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

In leaving the abortion clinic, typically one is dead and the other is wounded. It makes no difference that the abortion was a “legal” choice. The end result is the death of a living child. Because that life was voluntarily surrendered, abortion has a different impact on a woman’s heart at a spiritual level.

by Sydna Masse | June 15, 2011 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

Our concept of “home” often depends on what we learned about this abode in the past. If home life was difficult and painful, achieving peace and love in our current circumstances can be a struggle.

by Sydna Masse | June 27, 2013 | Abortion Recovery | 0 Comments

Think of it like a brownie that has salmonella included in the recipe. Would you eat that brownie? I wouldn’t. So we have made the decision NOT to use this program at our center.

by Sydna Masse | July 9, 2013 | Abortion Recovery, After Abortion | 0 Comments

As someone who chose abortion in my teen years, I understand the various emotions that many post-abortive people endure afterwards. Today, tomorrow or years from now.

by Sydna Masse | December 7, 2015 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“Everyone needs to remain calm, keep your heads low and follow me to the buses,” the Colorado Springs police officer told us before our evacuation from a lock-down situation at work.  “Our officers have formed a human shield to make sure you all...

by Sydna Masse | February 8, 2016 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) is angry that during the 50th Superbowl, @Doritos used what they call, "an #antichoice tactic of humanizing fetuses," by featuring  an ultrasound of an unborn baby moving in the womb. NARAL knows...

by Sydna Masse | October 17, 2016 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

I continued, “In 2014, 24% of abortion patients were Catholic, 17% were mainline Protestant, 13% were evangelical Protestant and 8% identified with some other religion. Churched women are more likely to abort due to shame issues.”

by Sydna Masse | February 15, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

Madeleine Albright apologized in the NY Times this weekend for her February 5, 2016 statement supporting Hillary Clinton, where she outlined, “There is a special place in hell for women that don't help each other.”   Albright’s comment struck a...

by Sydna Masse | March 27, 2017 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Many fetal abnormalities are discovered later in the pregnancy. Most are referred to the local abortion clinic for this procedure. Once there, they sit among women like myself who chose to abort for different reasons. Aborting a wanted child in such a situation bears its own form of trauma.

by Sydna Masse | October 24, 2016 | The Post-Abortive Woman's Vote | 0 Comments

My first DNC call to voters required reading a script that outlined my support for “abortion.” I was shocked that simply voicing the word produced immediate anxiety in my heart. I hung up, left the precinct and never returned.

by Sydna Masse | February 29, 2016 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Letting Go Session 7 | 0 Comments

“You are my dreams fulfilled, Sydna,” my Irish maternal grandfather announced upon meeting me at 5 years old. “You are my American grandchild, a citizen of the land flowing with milk and honey!” In last week's Republican debate, history was made...

by Sydna Masse | June 23, 2015 | Abortion PTSD Session 1, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

As someone who chose abortion in my teen years, I understand the various emotions that many experience immediately after abortion. At that time, there were no resources to help me understand the emotions that followed that choice. My hope is that this blog can enlighten you to the common issues some may encounter immediately after an abortion decision so you can understand what you may encounter.

by Sydna Masse | June 19, 2015 | Extended Wounded Fathers, Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

A man can never say, “I had an abortion."  That doesn’t mean when a man's child is aborted that he hasn’t experienced Abortion PTSD at an emotional, spiritual and psychological level. Masculine Abortion PTSD can be varied depending upon the...

by Sydna Masse | June 5, 2017 | 5 Types of Anger After Abortion, Addressing Anger Session 4, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

Anger typically surrounds women before and after their abortion. Anger assists in addressing – or covering up – typical after abortion emotions like fear, guilt, longing, frustration, or hopelessness.

by Sydna Masse | June 6, 2016 | Addressing Anger Session 4, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“I must have been sleeping for the last ten years,” the caller screamed.  “I’ve been blinded to the horrors of my own abortion.  I lived in denial that has evaporated.  I don’t need healing.  I need to end this horror for other women by working to...

by Sydna Masse | May 22, 2017 | Grieving Your Loss Session 6, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Ongoing Grief After Abortion | 0 Comments

God created tears to help us heal. Tears have a biological purpose in helping cleanse our bodies of toxins. There is also a whole book of the Bible on grief – Lamentations – that outlines crying is good for us, whenever it arrives.

by Sydna Masse | May 8, 2017 | After Abortion, Extended Wounded Fathers, Extended Wounded Grandparents, Extended Wounded Siblings of Aborted Child | 0 Comments

Abortion impacts everyone, whether they know it or not. It is a choice that influences not only the woman but also everyone related to them. If someone you know changes their behavior overnight – and seems to become someone else – suspect they may have chosen abortion.

by Sydna Masse | November 30, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

After abortion, many come to a point of asking themselves, "Okay, so I had an abortion. But that is in the past. Do I really need to be healed?" Some women seemingly never need to work through any kind of healing process. But for many, the memory...

by Sydna Masse | June 17, 2015 | Denial's Impact Session 3, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“Will this affect me, emotionally or psychologically?” I asked the attendant at the abortion clinic before signing their required intake forms. She responded almost with glee, “Oh no.  It’s just a blob of tissue.  This will make your life better! ...

by Sydna Masse | September 22, 2015 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

The caller shouted in my ear, “How dare she compare her loss to my miscarriage. After all, she MURDERED her child!” No one had ever attacked me in such a way during a radio interview. The conversation up until that point with the show’s host and...

by Sydna Masse | July 18, 2016 | Helping Someone Who Has Experienced Abortion, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

When someone confesses an abortion secret, they typically are searching for help. Maybe they want to know if they did the right thing. Others test the waters to see if you will judge them.

by Sydna Masse | September 24, 2016 | Finding Forgiveness Session 5, Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website | 0 Comments

“God cannot forgive my abortion sin, Sydna,” a post-abortive woman concluded during a phone conversation.  “The blood of my child will always be on my hands!” This is a common illogical mindset among post-abortive hearts.  When we confess, many...

by Sydna Masse | January 16, 2017 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing Your Story Session 2 | 0 Comments

Today we stand, waiting in deeper faith than ever before, anticipating a whole new civil rights battle, designed to reduce America’s horrific involvement in the systematic destruction of the lives of our tiniest citizens. But we can’t do it alone!

by Sydna Masse | August 2, 2011 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

Imagine the bus or the subway or the car that takes you to work, then erase the females commuting alongside you. Erase your wife and your daughter. Or erase yourself. Imagine this and you come close to picturing the problem.

by Sydna Masse | June 1, 2015 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

It was a lonely spot being one of the first women to pioneer sharing an abortion testimony on a public platform. When I taped my first broadcast for a major Christian ministry in 1992, I had just opened my heart to look at my past abortion pain....

by Sydna Masse | July 29, 2015 | Her Choice to Heal Abortion Recovery Website, Sharing the Secret Session 9 | 0 Comments

After three undercover videos outlining that our world’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, sells the body parts of aborted children, many post-abortive people are outraged, along with many others. Post-abortive denial was broken...