For the second year in a row, President Joe Biden omitted the Hyde Amendment from his presidential budget proposal to Congress for fiscal year 2023 keeping his promise to support reproductive health in a year when abortion rights are in peril.

The Hyde Amendment denies insurance coverage for abortions to people who receive their health coverage through government-sponsored plans like Medicaid. The legislation disproportionately impacts low-income women and communities of color, garnering criticism from Democrats who argue the amendment is anti-choice and blatantly racist .

Presidential budgets are meant to reflect the values of an administration and the Biden-Harris administration is once again saying loud and clear that reproductive freedom and access to care is a priority for the administration, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Mini Timmaraju said in a statement Tuesday after the administration released the presidential budget.

Federal protections for abortion have been in effect since 1973 after the Supreme Courts ruling in Roe v. Wade, but the Hyde Amendment has been in effect since 1976 and has been renewed every year since. It bars all federal health insurance programs from covering abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.

The budget proposal for the 2023 fiscal year reflects the Biden administrations policy priorities and shows what it would like to get done in the next few years. Congress will have the opportunity to review and pass the proposal in full.

Although Biden pointedly excluded the Hyde Amendment from last years budget proposal, as did the Democratic-controlled House, the proposal died in the Senate. Earlier this month, Biden signed a $1.5 trillion spending bill that included the problematic amendment .

Grateful that @POTUS FY2023 budget proposal is free of the racist and discriminatory #HydeAmendment, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) tweeted on Wednesday. Our fight to repeal Hyde and affirm reproductive justice continues, and Congress must legislate to make this a reality.