In a statement, the APF lists the priorities for the new Government in the area of medically assisted procreation (PMA) and makes it clear that it “only believes in concrete measures”.

The association recommends that the Government encourage financial investment in the infrastructure and equipment of public PMA centers, reinforce the human resources of the teams and create “fertility units in the Azores, Algarve and/or Alentejo in order to combat inequality in the geographic distribution of centres.”

There are currently couples from the Algarve and the Alentejo who have to travel hundreds of kilometres to Lisbon to access assisted reproduction techniques.

The president of the APF, Cláudia Vieira, states in the statement that for this new mandate “the priorities of medically assisted procreation continue to be the same as they have been for almost a decade”.

Cláudia Vieira welcomes the fact that the Democratic Alliance's electoral program includes the promise to reinforce investment in PMA public centers, but states that she “only believes in concrete measures”.

"Until we see significant improvements in this area and respect for the rights of SNS [National Health Service] beneficiaries, APFertidade will continue to pressure the Government and parliamentary groups to act in accordance with what was promised in the electoral campaign”, she assures.

Regarding surrogacy, which in the past had votes against from the PSD and CDS, APFertidade admits “it is afraid that the regulation of the law will remain at a standstill”.

Cláudia Vieira says that she gives “the benefit of the doubt to the Minister of Health to find a regulatory solution that responds to the flaws found in the document and highlighted by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa”.