These are instances where Pence has argued against science and how it relates to public health.
At the time, Pence, who was the governor of Indiana, initially rejected allowing a clean-needle exchange, despite the advice of health officials.
Although Pence, after “praying on it,” eventually lifted the ban on needle exchanges when he declared a public health emergency, a decision he said he did not “enter into lightly,” studies published in medical journals have said the outbreak could have been prevented had the state acted faster.
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“Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill,” he wrote, before citing smoking statistics.
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Despite scientific evidence that shows condoms are “highly effective” in reducing the spread of sexually transmitted disease, Pence told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in 2002 that condoms are a “very, very poor protection against sexually transmitted disease”.
During the segment, Pence added that he believes the only “truly safe sex” is “no sex”.
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Pence has refused to say that climate change is a threat
During an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper in 2019, the vice president continuously avoided the host’s question about whether he thinks “human-induced climate emergency is a threat”.
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He is suspected of advocating for conversion therapy
Although Pence has never explicitly stated a support for conversion therapy, some believe the language used on his campaign website during his 2000 run for Congress advocated for the discredited practices aimed at changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mike-pence-coronavirus-hiv-indiana-smoking-conversion-therapy-a9364026.html
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