Pence also knows how to compromise on tax legislation (Trump is over his head), as he did as Governor. On the social issues like abortion and gay marriage, his personal opinion is no more influential in law than Dromig10's. Even on abortion cases like Gonzalez v. Carhart, he cannot direct the Justice Dept. to say Roe should be repealed. The Justice Dept. defends the law regardless of the views of the President. For example, Bush did not and neither could Pence.