During this election cycle, Donald Trump has consistently made headlines due to his sexist, racist remarks. As a result, his running mate, Indiana governor and former representative Mike Pence, has fallen into the background. But if this were any other election, the media would likely be discussing Mike Pence's record of supporting policies that work against women and the LGBTQ community.

Gov. John Kasich of Ohio was reportedly approached to be Trump's running mate. An unnamed senior advisor to Kasich told The New York Times that Donald Trump Jr. asked Kasich if he had "any interest in being the most powerful vice president in history." Donald Jr. reportedly told the advisor that "his father’s vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy."

If that offer was also presented to Mike Pence, that means that Pence could be responsible for leading the discussions about domestic and foreign policy. So, let's take a look at Pence's record on domestic social issues such as women's reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, and refugee relief:

Some believe he advocated for public spending on conversion therapy in Indiana, according to PolitiFact

Conversion therapy is an effort to change someone from gay to straight using forceful and often traumatic means. It has been proven to be ineffective, and it's also inhumane. Conversion therapy has been banned in five states and can include exorcism, electroshock therapy, and inducing nausea. If administered, it can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide. On the campaign website for his 2000 run for Congress, Pence writes, "Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior." Politifact had indicated this to mean Pence advocated for spending on institutions providing conversion therapy, which is something LGBTQ advocates say is clear from the statement. However, in a recent update notice, Politifact noted that a Pence spokesman first wouldn't answer directly whether Pence supported conversion therapy, and then later said that the statement was meant to be about safe sex practices, not conversion therapy — and so therefore, it is not entirely definitive what exactly Pence was advocating for funding to go to.

He is not pro-choice.

Pence has said on the record, "I long for the day that Roe v. Wade is sent to the ash heap of history."

He sponsored multiple bills to defund Planned Parenthood.

In 2007, Mike Pence introduced a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, and kept pushing for it until it passed in 2011.

"If Planned Parenthood wants to be involved in providing counseling services and HIV testing, they ought not be in the business of providing abortions," Pence told Sarah Kliff in 2011. "As long as they aspire to do that, I’ll be after them."

His policies inadvertently caused an HIV outbreak in Indiana.

After Planned Parenthood was shut down in Indiana, Scott County experienced an HIV outbreak. Planned Parenthood was the county's sole HIV testing center, and as a result of intravenous drug use, it saw an explosion of the disease in 2015. There were over 150 new cases reported in the tiny county of 23,000, according to the Chicago Tribune.

He has opposed marriage equality.

From his 2000 campaign website: "Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage."

Pence also has a track record of opposing same-sex marriage in legislation. In 2003, he signed the Federal Marriage Amendment, which worked to officially define marriage as between one man and one woman.