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  • This house would increase the FDA clinical testing requirements for drugs in which the primary purpose is to change brain chemistry (e.g. Ozempic, Antidepressants)

    Infoslide

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a United States federal agency that is responsible for the control and supervision of various food and medical products. Specifically in regards to drug safety, the FDA requires drugs go through an approval process which consists of five steps: discovery/concept, preclinical research, clinical research, FDA review, and FDA post-market safety monitoring. For the purposes of this debate, increasing testing requirements means increasing the length and due-dillegence performed during each step as well as adding longer term testing on human subjects before the post-market safety monitoring step and potentially adding additional steps before the drug is launched in the open market.

    Yale Intervarsity 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-10-27

  • This house supports the use of the Ludovico Treatment for violent prisoners

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, the Ludovico Treatment forces people to develop a natural aversion to violence and other intense physical stimuli (e.g. anger, intense sexual desire). Its application is irreversible.

    Cambridge IV 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-10-27

  • This house would allow parents to give the Politeness Pill to their children under the age of 18, regardless of the children's consent.

    Infoslide

    The Politeness Pill, when taken, temporarily permits only socially acceptable behavior, such as obedience, attendance at school, good manners, following the law, refraining from drugs and alcohol, etc.

    Strait Debate Open 2023 · Novice Final · 2023-10-14

  • This house would tell the world the truth about the "plandemic"

    Infoslide

    You are a medical practitioner who, by happy coincidence, ended up drinking with Anthony Fauci, the head of the American National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, and former medical advisor to President Biden. Having gotten extremely drunk, Mr. Fauci reveals to you, with irrefutable evidence, that the COVID-19 pandemic was in fact a "plandemic“, and that the virus was released deliberately to test the extent to which the US government can control and manipulate its population. The vaccines were never really efficient and were but a ploy to earn profit for the pharmaceutical industry. The next morning, Fauci doesn't remember telling you anything and remains unaware that you possess the information.

    Western Inter-varsity 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-10-07

  • During epidemics and pandemics, this house would significantly reduce testing requirements for new vaccinations and medication.

    Auckland Schools' Debating Impromptu Cup 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-08-05

  • This house believes that the embryo belongs to the woman who carried the embryo and her partner, as opposed to the people who provided the genetic material

    Infoslide

    In a genetic test that was performed on a pregnant woman who underwent embryo transfer, it was discovered that she is carrying an embryo that is genetically unrelated to her and her partner. The identity of the people who provided the genetic material was located.

    Princeton IV 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-08-05

  • This house supports the creation of standardised Gillick competence assessment criteria.

    Infoslide

    Gillick competence is a framework in medical practice, wherein a child can access a medical procedure without the consent/knowledge of their parents, provided they are judged to have a meaningful capacity to consent. Some of the factors considered include: a child's level of maturity; understanding of the risks and long term impacts; ability to explain their rationale and reasoning. Gillick competence is assessed on a case by case basis by the physician responsible for the treatment.

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Open Semifinals · 2023-08-04

  • Assuming it was technically feasible, This house would remove the ability of soldiers to feel fear.

    17th IDC National Debate Festival 2023 (ENGLISH) · Novice Finals · 2023-07-27

  • This house supports heritable human genome editing

    Infoslide

    Heritable human genome editing (HGE) allows scinetists to make changes in human DNA, the material that carries information about how humans will look and functionm that can be passed to future generations.

    Asia Pacific Junior Debate Championships 2023 · U11 Finals · 2023-07-01

  • This house supports heritable human genome editing

    Infoslide

    Heritable human genome editing (HGE) allows scinetists to make changes in human DNA, the material that carries information about how humans will look and functionm that can be passed to future generations.

    Asia Pacific Junior Debate Championships 2023 · U12 Finals · 2023-07-01

  • That we oppose the focus on pharmacotherapy-based care in mental health treatment. [Pharmacotherapy]

    Infoslide

    Pharmacotherapy is the treatment of health conditions by using pharmaceutical products (drugs) as medication.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-07-01

  • That we support the dimensional approach to mental health diagnoses as opposed to the categorical approach [Diagnosis]

    Infoslide

    The Categorical Approach is the approach to classifying mental disorders involving assessment of whether an individual has a disorder on the basis of symptoms and characteristics that are described as typical of the disorder. The Dimensional approach is the approach to classifying mental disorders that quantifies a person’s symptoms or other characteristics of interest and represents them with numerical values on one or more scales or continuums, rather than assigning them to a mental disorder category. Diagnosis then becomes not a process of deciding the presence of a symptom or disorder but rather the degree to which a particular characteristic is present.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-07-01

  • That we support the widespread adoption of AI chatbots for talk therapy. [Talk Therapy]

    Infoslide

    Talk therapy, also known as psychotherapy, is a type of mental health treatment that involves talking to a therapist about one's thoughts, feelings, and experiences. The therapist can help them understand and process their problems, develop coping skills, and make progress in their life.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-07-01

  • That we would go to medical school

    Infoslide

    You are a highly intelligent person in your 20s who wants to do good in the world. You just completed your undergrad degree with top marks. While in school you were also very involved in local politics. You are considering two distinct career paths - one is to go to medical school, and the other is to pursue a career in politics.

    UNSW Pre-Australs 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-06-25

  • This House Regrets Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to combat the spread of HIV.

    UNSA KAMPALA-WAKISO SUBREGIONS 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-06-24

  • This house regrets the use of Conscientious objection in medical practice

    Infoslide

    For the sake of this debate, conscientious objection refers to the legal right of a doctor to not provide or participate in a clinical procedure or treatment because it conflicts with their personal religious beliefs or values. This right is usually invoked during procedures of euthanasia or those concerning reproductive health, inclusive but not limited to contraception, assisted reproduction, infant circumcision, and abortion.

    UT MARA Pre-UADC 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-06-09

  • This house, as a person that has hanahaki and is in love with their best friend, would choose to get the surgery

    Infoslide

    Hanahaki is a parasitic and progressive disease that grows flowers in your lungs. Depending how severe the hanahaki is, the flowers can grow to a rate where it fills the lungs, preventing one to breath and eat out the brain, thereby causing death. This disease is developed due to intense romantic feelings that are unrequited. There's only two ways to cure the disease: (1) to have your feelings returned by the one you love, or (2) to undergo a surgery that removes the parasite but also removes any capacity to love, regardless if romantic, filial, or platonic.

    UT MARA Pre-UADC 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-06-09

  • This house supports the widespread implementation of Severance

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, "Severance" refers to a medical procedure that separates the consciousness of an employees between their lives at work and their personal lives.

    UT MARA Pre-UADC 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-06-09