Oh, yes, easy! With the right lies, people can justify ANYTHING.
Just make it political and all of MAGA takes the side of that minivan driver.
If Fox told you that the guy on the bike was a Free Palestine protester, ALL OF MAGA
would have loved what the minivan driver did and Trump would pardon him.
(Of course it doesn't need to be true, and the term for him would be "Jew-hating Nazi")
You're now saying that I "would be able to “justify” using your fists to assault a woman", but I don't do that, because I have principles. However, many Christian fundamentalists have been in court for using their fists to assault women, in the vicinity of clinics like Planned Parenthood. They are acquitted after repeat violent offenses against women.
Many on the right think that violence against women is completely justified.
Some even support murder, life imprisonment and the death sentence.
However, it doesn't need to involve abortion, or the support, or just the IDEA of abortion.
How about any woman who accuses any guy, that your side likes, of any sex crime?
Do you think she should just fear someone's fists? And would no one support that?