Penny Sharpe expects her private member’s bill banning certain behaviour within 150 metres of abortion clinics has a better chance of enactment than a Greens’ bill that linked an exclusion zone to abortion reform.

“I’m very hopeful because this is not an issue about abortion, it’s about harassment of women,” Ms Sharpe said.

“If you speak to anyone about it, they think that behaviour should not happen.

“This is not a radical bill, it’s a sensible bill.”

The Upper House member said her bill would not be decided by a conscience vote and she had the support of Labor, the Greens and Animal Justice Party legislative councillors.

Ms Sharpe will be in Albury on Saturday March 24 to speak at a reproductive rights rally organised by a group called We Need Exclusion Zones Right Here Right Now.

“My message to the rally will be that this kind of behaviour should not be acceptable anywhere in the country and I want to work hard to ensure women in Albury and surrounds get access to reproductive health treatment when they need it and I also support the staff who shouldn’t be harassed when they go to work,” she said.

Albury’s deputy mayor Amanda Cohn, who tried vainly to have her council introduce an exclusion area, will also speak at the afternoon rally at QEII Square.

“I’ll be letting the community know that they’re being absolutely heard on this issue,” Cr Cohn said.

“I really hope it (the exclusion bill) will pass in NSW because it’s past time that we caught up with Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania and have safe access zones.”

Rally organiser Liz Marmo said she had invited all Albury councillors to attend her event with mayor Kevin Mack, David Thurley and John Stuchbery replying that they could not attend.

Ms Marmo will have a stall at Sunday’s Kiewa Street Rotary Market where she will be taking signatures on a petition that will be presented to parliament to support Ms Sharpe’s bill.