Yes, Republicans really did try to make abortion punishable by death | Arwa Mahdawi

A bill introduced in the North Carolina legislature last year was largely performative but was part of the right's strategy to make the unthinkable mainstream

Is it legal to kill someone who is about to have an abortion? I know that sounds like a ridiculous question, but some people on the far right would like it to be. Social media was recently awash with outrage over a bill introduced by North Carolina state legislators that would legalize violence against anyone undergoing or performing an abortion. North Carolina House Bill (HB) 158, sponsored by a Republican state representative, Larry Pittman, proposed that abortion be considered first-degree murder and would allowed civilians to use deadly force to prevent someone from ending a pregnancy.