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  • This house, as the scientist, W share the knowledge to prevent aging with the rest of humanity

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    You are a scientist who has just observed a supremely rare cosmic event (unlikely to be seen again) revealing the secret to cure aging. It is impossible to cure aging without this information. Note: Curing aging is not the same as immortality; you can still die via conventional means like accidental bodily harm, but do not age nor suffer the consequences of aging like higher risk for illness.

    Seagram’s IV 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-01-13

  • This house supports the introduction of The Enhanced Games

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    The Enhanced Games are an Olympic-style competition where athletes can take performance-enhancing drug. “We’re reinventing the Olympic Games for the 21st century,” says London-based founder Aron D’Souza. At the Enhanced Games, the “couple of hundred” competitors will be able to take any performance-enhancing substances they like from anabolic steroids to growth hormones, testosterone replacement therapy etc.

    Vitark 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-01-01

  • This house believes that the World Health Organisation should ban the sale of antibiotics to countries that do not comply with guidelines about minimising antibiotic resistance.

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    Antibiotic resistance is when bacteria change to resist antibiotics that used to effectively treat them, making bacterial infections difficult to treat. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics causes antibiotic resistance.

    Auckland Schools’ Debating Premier Advanced 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-01-01

  • This house would heavily discourage 自然派育児 (shi-zen-ha-iku-ji)

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    自然派育児 is a parenting style based on rejection of artificial products. Supporters of 自然派育児 often eat only organic food, glorify natural childbirth heavily, reject science-based medical treatment.

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Rookie Grand Final · 2024-01-01

  • This house prefers to live in the world of "Matched"

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    In the world of "Matched", your life is planned out for you by the state: who you are going to marry is selected from the pool of eligible citizens based on the best genetic and personality match that ensures healthy children, which job you have is determined for you according to your intelligence and ability based on your performance and interests in school, and all citizens are painlessly poisoned to death at the age of 70 in a state-organized ceremony that is attended by all your family members because medical technology has developed to the point where all diseases have been eradicated.

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-01-01

  • This house regrets widespread adoption of AI chatbots for talk therapy.

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    Talk therapy is a form of psychological treatment where individuals discuss their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to improve mental health and emotional well-being Therapy AI chatbots are artificial intelligence programs designed to simulate conversation with users for the purpose of providing psychological support, guidance, or therapeutic interaction. Examples include Woebot, Wysa, Youper among others.

    Islamabad Open Debating Championship 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-01-01

  • This House would ban healthcare proxies

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    A healthcare proxy is a legal document by which a patient appoints another individual to make medical decisions on their behalf, so long as the patient is incapacitated and unable to speak and make decisions for themselves (e.g. due to injury, being placed in an artificially induced coma, or otherwise). Depending on the permissions they are given by the patient, proxies may or may not be restricted as to the decisions they can make for the patient, and may have access to the patient's health records. Should the patient regain the ability to make their own decisions, they may revoke the proxy. Absent proxies, medical decisions on behalf of an incapacitated patient are made by healthcare professionals.

    Zagreb Pre-WUDC 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-12-02

  • This house, as transgender rights organizations, W prioritize reducing transmedicalism within the trans community over advocating to make gender-affirming care more accessible.

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    "Transmedicalism" is the harmful notion that to be truly transgender, one *must* experience gender dysphoria and/or seek out gender affirming care (i.e. gender confirmation surgery, hormone replacement therapy, facial surgeries that help recipients "pass" as their gender).

    Queen's Holiday Open 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-12-01

  • Instead of only prioritizing critical cases, this house would always allocate transplant organs to non-smokers first.

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    Medicine has categorized active smokers to be individuals who are currently consuming inhaled tobacco or leisure-vapor products. Assume that there is a method to classify people who elect to stop smoking as non-smokers, after validation over a set period of time.

    Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-11-18

  • This house opposes the Purdue Pharma settlement agreement

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    In 2023, Purdue Pharma reached a settlement agreement with the victims of the opioid epidemic who sued them in class actions. The class actions bundled together thousands of lawsuits from state and local governments, hospitals and individuals. However, a key part of this, as for any settlement agreement, is that it shields the Sackler family from further civil lawsuits.

    Oxford IV 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-11-10

  • V supports human enhancement in every consideration.

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    Human enhancement is a concept that refers to the use of various technologies and interventions to enhance human physical, cognitive, or emotional abilities beyond what is typically considered natural. This can include various characteristics such as strength, intelligence, endurance, memory, etc. Human enhancement is currently achieved through various means such as drugs, genetic engineering, prosthetics, pharmaceutical preparations, etc. In the future, this may also encompass genetic engineering, brain implants, brain-computer interfaces, nanotechnology interventions, and 3D bioprinting.

    BP Algajate Turniir 2023 EST · Round 3 · 2023-11-04

  • 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)

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    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