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  • This house regrets easy access to gender transition surgery targeting young generation (including but not limited to: doctors not asking relevant questions about gender identity and providing hormone therapy without parental consent, school teachers not informing parents about a child's transition under the pretext of avoiding household conflict, and universities covering a significant portion of the surgery costs)

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド3 · 2025-03-15

  • This house would require laws that curtail individual freedom (e.g., abortion, vaccination requirements during a pandemic, a ban on unhealthy products, etc.) to be discussed and decided by deliberative mini-publics

    Infoslide

    Deliberative mini-publics are institutions in which a diverse body of citizens is selected randomly and anonymously to decide on issues (if the majority of participants agree with the proposal after the discussion, the policy will be implemented.)

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-03-15

  • This House would require medical centers to document and publish the findings from their morbidity and mortality conferences

    Infoslide

    Healthcare professionals from the same medical centers hold morbidity and mortality conferences ("M&Ms") on a weekly to monthly basis. These conferences review all deaths, near-death cases, and lasting injuries at the center since the preceding M&M. They may also accept requests to examine other cases involving medical harm. Conference members are assigned cases and tasked with analyzing whether the outcome resulted from physician oversight, malpractice, or other underlying circumstances related to patient care. Afterward, members present and discuss their findings with the broader conference. The conference then determines whether the case reflects a failure in patient care and, if so, attempts to identify the source of the failure and ethical implications. Currently, M&Ms are strictly confidential, and their insights are only available within the institution conducting them.

    McGill IV 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-14

  • This House Supports the legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales

    Infoslide

    The House of Commons is currently debating a proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. If passed, assisted dying would be available to any patient over the age of 18 who is terminally ill (i.e., expected to die within six months). Assisted dying is currently illegal everywhere in the UK, with a punishment of up to 14 years in prison.

    LSE Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-08

  • Assuming the individual is capable of consenting, This House Supports the Right to Die

    Infoslide

    The right to die is the right that says human beings are entitled to end their lives or undergo voluntary euthanasia (in all cases - not just terminal illness)

    RML PD 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-02

  • This house would allow effort optimization strategies in American professional sports leagues

    Infoslide

    In many American professional sports leagues, teams have considered using "effort optimization strategies" to gain strategic advantages by not putting full effort into matches. These strategies primarily include "throwing" (intentionally underperforming during a match), "load management" (unnecessarily resting or benching key players), and "strategic forfeits" (conceding defeat before a match). Most leagues have implemented rules to ensure full effort in every match, such as discouraging throwing, fining teams for load management, and banning strategic forfeits.

    Dartmouth United States Universities' Debating Championships 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-01

  • This house would attempt to run away to the secluded community

    Infoslide

    You live in a society where once you reach 18, the state mandates cosmetic surgery to become beautiful. This surgery also pacifies you, making you shallow, unintelligent and erases certain memories in order to make it easier to control the population. 3 months before your birthday, you discover there is a secluded community of “uglies” who hide from the government and refuse surgery. You do not want to partake in the surgery and the person you are in love with suggests attempting to run away to the community. Success is not guaranteed and previously those who have attempted to run away and been caught have been executed.

    Lancaster IV 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-01

  • In response to systemic oppression in the status quo,This house Prefers Aaron Busnell's approach over Luigi Mangione's approach.

    Infoslide

    Aaron Bushnell, a former member of the United States Air Force, tragically died in 2024 after self-immolating (i.e., himself on fire) outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. This act was a protest against the United States' support for Israel. Luigi Mangione is accused of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in 2024. He allegedly carried out the attack as a protest against the health insurance industry.

    Kampala Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-23

  • This house would legalise surrogacy in Malaysia

    Infoslide

    Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman agrees to pregnancy and childbirth on behalf of another person or couple who will become the child's legal parents after birth. There is no law on surrogacy in Malaysia, making it a legal grey area.

    KTJ British Parliamentary Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-22

  • The parliament believes that, instead of increasing funding for small-scale primary healthcare clinics in developing economies, priority should be given to expanding subsidies for medical specialization facilities, infrastructure, and specialists (such as cardiology, neurology, etc.).

    RDS Ramadan Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-02-20

  • This house believes that effective altruism ought to prioritize long-termist causes (e.g. reducing existential risk from AI) over near-termist causes (e.g. fighting malaria).

    Infoslide

    Effective altruism is a social and intellectual movement dedicated to making sure that charity does the greatest amount of good possible. Examples of such activities include cause comparisons, charity efficacy evaluations, political advocacy, and more.

    Hart House High Schools 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-15

  • This house opposes Singapore's model of welfare being reliant on work.

    Infoslide

    In Singapore, many forms of welfare are dependent on one's work or looking for work. Such policies include but are not limited to: a) Workfare Income Supplement, which supplements low-income workers' wages with government welfare. b) SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme, which grants 6 months of temporary financial support to unemployed individuals to enable them to find a job. c) CPF and MediSave, where individuals must make compulsory retirement/healthcare savings from their income in lieu of direct government retirement/healthcare benefits. d) The Progressive Wage Model, which grants support for individuals in persistently low-income sectors. Pay raises are premised on worker upskilling, increases in productivity and career progression.)

    NUSPA 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-02-15

  • This house supports the ban on the over-the-counter sale of the "morning after pill"

    Infoslide

    Morning-after pills are a type of emergency medication that can be used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. However, they are only effective before ovulation has begun. Research has proven it is not always effective and also can cause side effects. Over-the-counter medicines are medicines that can be bought without a prescription.

    5th Ikhtilaf Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-02-08

  • This house, as the Philippine government, would adopt single-payer healthcare

    Infoslide

    Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer"). A single-payer health system establishes a single risk pool, consisting of the entire population of a geographic or political region. It also establishes a single set of rules for services offered, reimbursement rates, drug prices, and minimum standards for required services.

    9th Mindanao Intervarsity · Round 3 · 2025-02-07