2009–2026
A bill would ban puberty blockers and hormones under 18 — parliament has not made it law.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsProposed bill
Proposed bill: PL 479/XVII/1ª (generalidade 20 March 2026) would prohibit puberty blockers and hormones under 18.
Assembleia da República — Projeto de Lei 479/XVII/1ª
Schools — curriculumCSE in schools
Comprehensive sex education (CSE) in schools under Lei n.º 60/2009.
Diário da República — Lei n.º 60/2009
Pending billsIntroduced, not law
Proposed bill: PL 479/XVII/1ª (generalidade 20 March 2026) would prohibit puberty blockers and hormones under 18.
Assembleia da República — Projeto de Lei 479/XVII/1ª
Key dates2026
2026: Proposed bill: PL 479/XVII/1ª (generalidade 20 March 2026) would prohibit puberty blockers and hormones under 18.
Assembleia da República — Projeto de Lei 479/XVII/1ª
Official sources
PL 479/XVII/1ª. Voted in generalidade 20 March 2026.
Full official record
Projeto de Lei 479/XVII/1ª (CDS-PP) would prohibit the use of puberty blockers and/or opposite-sex hormones in the treatment of gender incongruence or dysphoria in people under 18. The official Assembly of the Republic page records entrada on 6 March 2026, discussão na generalidade on 19 March 2026, and votação na generalidade on 20 March 2026, after which the bill went down to the Constitutional Affairs committee (especialidade).
Schools detail
Lei n.º 60/2009, published in the Diário da República on 6 August 2009, establishes mandatory educação sexual in public basic and secondary schools and in private and cooperative schools with a contrato de associação. Portaria n.º 196-A/2010 regulates that statute and sets curricular orientations by level. That is official CSE.