The PSD parliamentary leader announced this Thursday, March 19, that there will be a mandatory party vote on the party's bill to amend the legal framework for gender and name changes in the civil registry, which would reintroduce mandatory medical validation. The announcement was made by Hugo Soares during a closed-door meeting of the Social Democratic parliamentary group. According to reports, the PSD bench leader argued that the party's proposal is the most balanced among those being discussed today. Parliament is debating initiatives from Chega, CDS-PP, and PSD aimed at repealing or amending Law No. 38/2018, which enshrines the self-determination of gender identity and expression. The PSD proposes returning to the 2011 regime, requiring medical validation for changes, and restricting the ability of 16-to-18-year-olds to change their gender, which was permitted under the 2018 law with parental consent. Chega and CDS-PP have also proposed restrictive measures, while the Left Bloc has introduced a bill to strengthen the current law.