“Gender affirming care should be off-limits for minors even with parental consent, because "you can't get a tattoo under the age of 18 in most states in the country.”
What PolitiFact found
Two-thirds of states allow tattoos for minors if their parents consent. And medical experts say tattoos are mostly cosmetic, while gender-affirming care is based on science and has documented health benefits.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mike Pence (Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 24 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 June 2023, 21 days later. Its rating was “32 states allow parental consent”.
Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.