A northern Indiana Catholic bishop says he is disappointed by South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's rezoning decision for a Women's Care Center.

Fort Wayne-South Bend Bishop Kevin Rhoades celebrated Mass at Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart Saturday evening, and NewsCenter 16 caught up with him to get his thoughts on the veto, which Buttigieg announced Friday.

that would have allowed a pro-life Women's Care Center to open on the city's west side. The space in question was next to Whole Women's Health, a proposed abortion clinic.

Buttigieg said his decision was made in the neighborhoods' best interest and said he was concerned about safety and possible protests.

Rhoades said protests at other locations near clinics that provide abortions have nothing to do with the Women's Care Center.

"We have 29 Women's Care Centers, [and] we haven't had that," Rhoades said. "When there are protesters, they aren't from Women's Care Center. That really was a false argument.

"You usually try to be next to an abortion clinic. That's when many of these vulnerable women arrive. And they feel pressured, oftentimes. And there is the Women's Care Center, and they realize there is another way."

Rhoades said that since Women's Care Centers have been in Fort Wayne and South Bend, the number of abortions have been cut in half.