# Is Pence ready to step in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 21, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pence-ready-to-step-in/780414 "2017-02-21T21:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pence-ready-to-step-in/780414/61 "2018-05-16T04:32:20Z")
If you think what happened in Scott County was all the fault of “the legislature” and Pence had nothing to do with it you’re sadly mistaken. He wasn’t in “lockstep”, he was a driving force behind the move. Fine, you don’t want to believe it. I can live with that. And if Pence winds up PotUS I’ll survive that, too, but life will get hellish for some of our fellow citizens and that makes me nauseous. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pence-ready-to-step-in/780414/62 "2018-06-02T15:19:43Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Nope, he defunded the Planned Parenthood clinic in Scott County because of his religious stance (anti-abortion, even though that particular clinic did not perform abortions, and being anti-birth control). It was the only clinic in Scott County doing any HIV screening, counseling, education, or outreach. That is different than this: > [@Broomstick](#): > > He abolished the ONE clinic in Scott County, Indiana that did HIV screening, and he did it based on religious reasons. Seriously? You are trying to make it seem like Pence was morally opposed to HIV treatment. That disingenuous: implying a cause and effect that is untrue. If the clinic also handed out free lollipops to children would it be fair to say that “Pence abolished the ONE clinic…that handed out free lollipops to children, and he did it based on religious reasons”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pence-ready-to-step-in/780414.md?page=3)