Trump, Pence don't agree on key social, economic policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — When presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump was "pro-choice in every respect," Indiana Gov. Mike Pence compared abortion to the tragedy of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
When Pence opposed providing gay Americans with the protection of anti-discrimination laws, Trump declared that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission needed to protect gay rights in the workplace.
[...] when Trump was applauding state lawsuits against big tobacco companies, Pence declared that "smoking doesn't kill."
Trump, a mainline Protestant who also doesn't drink, has revamped his positions on gay rights, abortion and other social issues several times over the years, including some that changed regularly during this election cycle.
How many times on national television did we hear people lament the loss of innocent human life?" he asked, suggesting that abortion should also stir "outrage born of violence against noncombatants.
According to a 2010 candidate survey published by Indiana Right to Life, Pence told the advocacy group that he opposed abortion under all circumstances — even when necessary to save the life of the woman giving birth.
Adding to what were already some of the most strict abortion laws in the nation, Pence signed a law in March that bars terminating a pregnancy based on a fetus's genetic birth defects and requires aborted or miscarried fetuses to be buried or cremated.