UCP MLAs sat stonefaced and silent Thursday, looking at phones and tablets as opponents accused them of misogyny and political cowardice over the government's proposed abortion clinic buffer zone bill.

Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the government will bring in legislation in the coming days to establish no-go zones for protesters around abortion clinics.

The legislature passed a bill today to create zones around the eight clinics in the province of between 50 and 150 metres in which anti-abortion protests, advising a person not to get an abortion, and intimidation or interfering with a woman's ability to access the services will be banned.

Naqvi said the zones, which will extend 50 to 150 metres around Ontario's eight abortion clinics, are designed to protect women who choose to access the services. The zones are spaces where advising a person to refrain from getting an abortion, anti-abortion protests and intimidation or interfering with a woman's ability to access the services will be banned, he said.