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The Alberta government is contemplating legislation that would create safe zones outside abortion clinics and keep protesters at bay.

Access to abortion is a legal right, Premier Rachel Notley said Thursday, adding that women seeking health care continue to face harassment.

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“Frankly, it’s just not something that women should have to put up with,” she said.

Other jurisdictions, including British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec, have legislation to create bubble zones around the perimeter of abortion clinics. Ontario was the latest province to roll out the rules Feb. 1, banning demonstrations within 50 metres of a clinic.

“It is absolutely legislation that we are looking at right now,” Notley said.

Woman’s Health Options — a clinic in Edmonton that provides abortion and family planning services — currently depends on a court injunction to prevent protesters from approaching patients around the building and in the back alley.