To Lusa, an official PS source confirmed this schedule and stated that the party will allow other initiatives on the topic to be carried out.

The socialists propose in their bill to extend the period for IVG at the woman's choice from the current 10 to 12 weeks and ensure that conscientious objection does not put access to abortion at risk.

The BE proposes to extend the period, from the current 10 to 14 weeks, for a woman to undergo an IVG of her choice and eliminates the reflection period.

The announcement that the PS intends to regulate conscientious objection to the voluntary termination of pregnancy and launch a debate on extending the deadline for the decriminalisation of abortion at the woman's request was made by the socialist parliamentary leader, Alexandra Leitão, during an intervention at the Academy Socialist, at the end of August.

For the parliamentary leader of the PS, “governing for young people means adopting a progressive agenda in terms of fundamental rights and freedoms” and ensuring that the SNS guarantees all women “the fundamental human right to freely dispose of their body” regardless of family and socioeconomic conditions.

“To this end, we are going to regulate conscientious objection to the voluntary termination of pregnancy and we are going to launch a debate, which I think is opportune, about extending the deadline for the decriminalisation of abortion at the woman’s request,” he said on that occasion.