A Texas bishop emeritus urged U.S. Catholic leaders to hold President Joe Biden accountable for his “pro-abortion extremism” after the supposedly Catholic president released a budget proposal that would force taxpayers to pay for abortions.

In an April 22 statement, Bishop Emeritus Michael D. Pfeifer, of San Angelo, Texas, called on his fellow bishops to do more to correct Biden and others who reject the sanctity of human life, according to the Catholic News Agency.

“If abortion is really the preeminent life issues as we bishops say it is, then we must hold President Biden accountable for his pro-abortion extremism, calling out Biden in a proper pastoral manner, for his anti-Catholic pro-abortion policies,” Pfeifer said.

Pfeifer said he felt compelled to speak out after noticing that Biden’s 2023 budget proposal excludes the Hyde Amendment, a long-standing ban on taxpayer funding for abortions.

Since 1976, the amendment has saved an estimated 2.5 million babies’ lives, including about 60,000 each year, according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Polls consistently show strong public opposition to taxpayer-funded abortions, and the Hyde Amendment, until just a few years ago, had bipartisan support in Congress. However, Biden and other Democrat lawmakers recently flip-flopped on the issue and now are trying to get rid of the life-saving measure.