A Texas bishop emeritus is calling on his fellow Catholic bishops — and all pro-life Americans — to take action against pro-abortion policy in favor of pro-life measures that support women and the unborn.

“Our own president is considering declaring abortion a public health emergency,” Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, bishop emeritus of San Angelo, wrote in a July pastoral statement. “The speaker of the house is trying to enshrine abortion on demand in federal law.”

He urged: “We bishops and all pro-lifers must send an unmistakable message to these pro-abortion leaders that we will never let these horrible death plans be enacted.”

After signing an executive order to protect abortion, President Joe Biden revealed July 10 that he is debating whether to declare abortion access a “public health emergency.” At the same time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has worked to advance radical pro-abortion legislation such as the Women’s Health Protection Act.

Both Biden and Pelosi are Catholic and support abortion, contrary to the Catholic Church’s position that human life has inherent dignity and worth from the moment of conception.

“As shepherds of our people in the U.S.A., we are deeply disturbed that our president has chosen to use his power as the nation’s chief executive to promote and facilitate and even codify abortion in our country,” Pfeifer wrote. “We pray and encourage our president and his supporters to increase support to care for mothers and babies rather than seeking to facilitate [the] destruction of defenseless and voiceless human beings.”

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