[citation needed] PPV was approved by the Constitutional Court on 1 July 2009[1] and defended the principles of the social doctrine of the Church.

[2] Composed by people from all political persuasions, although mostly from the conservative right, the Portugal Pro-Life presented its programme of policy proposals around the unconditional defense of life, understanding the concept of life and the various principles inherent to it as advocates Catholic Church doctrine, and Roman Catholicism as a state religion.

[citation needed] On 27 August 2020, it was announced that the party would officially merge with Chega, after running together in the legislative and European elections of 2019.

[4] In 2009, the PPV/CDC advocated the repeal of the abortion law and of the then recent amendments to the law of divorce, the prohibition of euthanasia, the revision of standards on sex education in schools so that parents have an active voice, the opposition to same-sex marriage, no age limit for voting (see youth suffrage), and that taxpayers should be able to determine how their taxes are spent.

[8] In the same year, the party changed its designation to Partido Cidadania e Democracia Cristã and its initials to CDC-PPV.