President Biden is “putting politics above national security” amid a report that the administration is reversing the decision to relocate Space Command headquarters to Alabama over the state’s abortion ban, Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Monday.

“Multiple independent, nonpartisan government reviews have found Space Command headquarters would be best served in Huntsville,” said Tuberville, who along with the rest of Alabama’s congressional delegation championed the effort to make the state the agency’s permanent headquarters.

The administration has “signaled the Pentagon and lawmakers that they want to reverse the decision” to move Space Command headquarters to Alabama, NBC News reported Monday night.

Alabama’s strict abortion ban played a role in the decision, an unnamed administration official told the outlet. Abortion is illegal in Alabama today unless there is a serious health risk to the fetus’s mother. A proposed new law in the state Legislature would prosecute abortion as murder.

“They are delaying any move because of the abortion issue,” referring to the White House and another unnamed U.S. official saying, “This is all about abortion politics.”

Tuberville has blocked more than 180 military nominations over the Defense Department’s policies expanding abortion access. The senator has claimed the policies are unlawful.

An official told NBC News that the senator’s move is not to blame for the administration’s decision on Space Command, although the official said, “he’s not helping,” referring to Tuberville.

Another official said the Biden administration was delaying an announcement that Space Command headquarters would remain in Colorado because “they don’t want to aggravate Tuberville even more.”

The senator could not immediately be reached for further comment.