| Legal status |
PERMISSIVE WITH RESTRICTIONS |
| Key organization |
National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences |
| Policy |
hESC research is only allowed with IVF embryos. The creation of embryos for research is prohibited. |
| Legislation |
Law n. 32/2006, of 26th July on medically assisted procreation. |
| Legislation Link |
http://www.fd.unl.pt/docentes_docs/ma/tpb_MA_4022.pdf |
| Embryonic stem cell research policy |
The derivation of new hESC from embryos created as a result of assisted procreation technologies and in vitro fertilization to induce pregnancy is allowed, but only when the embryos can no longer be used for that purpose. |
| Research with embryo |
Only embryos with particularly severe genetic anomalies with no conditions to be preserved or implanted, embryos not derived by fertilization of a human oocyte by human sperm, or those created to enhance the success rate of IVF that became supernumerary and no longer a part of a parental project, can be used for research purposes. |
| Embryo donation and cryopreservation |
embryo donation and embryo cryopreservation is allowed. |
| Somatic cell nuclear transfer |
SCNT is forbidden. |
| Privacy and data protection |
Law n. º 12/2005 of 26 January Personal genetic information and health information https://www.eshg.org/fileadmin/www.eshg.org/documents/Europe/LegalWS/Portugal_Law-UnofficialEnglishTranslation.pdf |
