Medical Ethics & Health debate motions (page 4)

THBT in states where cloning is allowed for research purposes, it should be possible to purchase Chimären (a copy body? genetic material?)

Berlin New Year's Invitational · 2

THW prohibit missionary work that pronounces abstention as the only godly way against the spread of HIV

Berlin New Year's Invitational · 3

THBT fathers have the right to get a fatherhood test even against the explicit wish of the mother

Berlin New Year's Invitational · Open_Final

THW require military training to include extensive ethical and philosophical study

Oxford Women's Open · 2

THBT endangered animal species should not be actively protected

Berlin Punk · Open_Semis

THBT judges should have the option to sentence people to human trials (medical trials?)

Berlin Punk · Open_Final

THW oblige prospective parents with a genetic disease to use embryo selection

Rotterdam BP Tournament · 4

THW impose a legal duty of care on adult children for their parents

Rotterdam BP Tournament · Open_Final

THW, in countries where the death penalty is in use, not allow anyone to watch the execution

Irish Mace Debates Round 2 · 10

THW blow the whistle

French Debate Association Tournament Preliminary Rounds · 7

THW allow people to opt in to drugs that have not yet passed clinical trials.

York IV · 2

in the context of The Matrix: THW take the Blue Pill

Galway Open · Open_Final

Info Slide: Scientific research has found evidence that a particular race has an increased genetic risk of developing psychiatric disorders. THBT Journals Should Not Publish The Research

Aberdeen Open · 3

THW legalise all forms of assisted suicide for mentally sound people

LSE Open · 1

THW only provide state pension to those mentally or physically unable to work.

Budapest Open · 4

THW ban medicine designed to erase human memories

Budapest Open · Open_Semis

This House supports the use of charity rather than state welfare systems.

Vienna IV · 2

Given the ability to carry a full term pregnancy in an incubator. THBT humankind should seek to abolish natural pregnancy.

Vienna IV · Open_Final

Should there be a minimum BMI for models?

Zeit Debatte Magdeburg · 1

Should tax returns (Steuererklärungen) be made public?

Zeit Debatte Magdeburg · 2

TH supports the right of parents of mentally disabled children to medically slow or prevent their physical growth

DCU Open · 5

A zombie infection has broken out, THBT it is morally legitimate to kill uninfected humans to increase your own chances of survival.

DCU Open · Open_Final

THB that developing countries should disregard intellectual property rights on life saving/preserving medicine

Dutch Open · 4

THW not use public money on life-extending medical care for people over a certain age

HSE Open · 5

TH, which is the ministry of health, will withhold any information regarding a drug that will ensure the birth of heterosexual children.

Israeli Open · 2

THBT in countries where abortion is illegal, no exceptions should be made for cases of incest or rape

NK Debatteren · Novice_Final

THBT, upon death, every person's body should revert to the state for scientific use or for organ donation depending on necessity

NK Debatteren · Open_Semis

THBT every Dutch family with an average or higher income has a moral obligation to take in a foster child (child from foster care)

NK Debatteren · Open_Final

THW mandate the use of condoms in pornoggaphic movies

Süddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft · 2

In case of a zombie-epidemic, THBT zombies have a right to a humane life in special zombie-habitats

Süddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft · 4

THW swap all children after birth

Saggsn- Masders · 2

THW ban treatments that claim to cure homosexuality

SSE Riga Debate Academy · 5

THW allow pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription drugs

Split Union Open · 4

THW require candidates for public office to be psychologically evaluated during their trial period rather than making their psychological illness history public

Bruder Grimm Cup · 4

THW allow doctors treating terminally ill patients patients to offer them treatments that are still in the experimental stages

Bruder Grimm Cup · Open_Final

THW oblige pharmaceutical companies to spend half of their research budgets on illnesses that occur primarily in developing countries

German Language Championships · 1

TH, being Socrates, would not drink the cup of poison.

Boddencup · Open_Final

THBT if he is deemed to be fully rehabilated, Ander Brevik should ultimately be released.

IDC Porto Debate Camp and Open · 4

THB in the right of bodily integrity of children

DDG Master's Cup 2012 · 1

THBT it is (fully) sufficient to combat the symptoms

DDG Master's Cup 2012 · Open_Final

THBT adults who are not on the organ donor list should not be eligible to receive organ transplants

UCL President's Cup · 1

THW abolish ethical checks on social science experiments

Dutch Debate Masters · 1

THW set a maximum amount to be spent on health care per QUALY (Quality Adjusted Life Year)

Dutch Debate Masters · 3

Do we need an ECO-label for organs?

Gutenberg Cup · Open_Semis

THW ban private healthcare and replace it with a comprehensive public system

UCD Novice IV · 3

THW force clinically obese children to attend residential weight loss and education camps during the summer holidays

Namda Novices · 4

THW ban male circumcision for Under 18s, except for medical reasons.

Durham IV · 1

THBT the right to decide the timing and manner of one's death is a fundamental component of liberty

UK Debate Challenge · 3

THBT testing on animals is immoral

Vienna Freshers · 4

THW not make state health care available to smokers

Iasi BP Open · 1

THW forbid universities from accepting donations earmarked for the pseudo-sciences

Lund Debate Challenge · Open_Final

Should punishment for use of doping be subject to a statute of limitation?

Zeit Debatte Tübingen · 2

THW subsidise genetical modification on humans

Cicero Debattoernooi · Open_Final

THW ban all medical procedures intended to change an individual's racial appearance

Cork IV · Novice_Final

THS state-provision of cosmetic surgery and surgical enhancements

Bristol IV · 1

Should people who have lived a healthy life be given preferential access to donated organs?

Baden-Württemberg · 1

This House Believes That gay rights organisations should out gay public figures

WSDC 2012 · Quarterfinals (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This house believes that courts should not enforce wills that discriminate on the basis of race

Botswana WUDC 2011 · Open_Quarters

THW make parents pass a test before having children

Dutch Pro-Am Tournament · 1

THW ban corporate sponsorship of academic research

Dutch Pro-Am Tournament · 4

THW allow the families of dead people to sue for libel on their behalf

UCD VP · 4

THW grant minors the right to euthanasia regardless of parental consent.

UCD VP · Open_Semis

THW Allow Doctors to Lie to Patients in Order to Use the Placebo Effect (not sure of wording)

NAMDA Novices · 5

THB it's Abhorrent for Western Countries to Employ Doctors from the Third World

Irish Times Debates First Round · 9

THB the police should not create perp walks.

Durham IV · 1

THW punish NHS workers who do not blow the whistle on malpractice, corruption or negligence, of which they know, as if they had carried out the act themselves.

Durham IV · 5

THW allow people to sell their organs.

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 8

THW Not outsource the running of hospitals to private companies.

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 15

THW establish geographical zones in which the sale, possession, and use of drugs is legal

Oxford IV · Open_Final

THW allow family members to forcibly commit proven alcoholics and drug addicts to rehabilitation clinics

Cambridge IV · 1

THBT all research organizations should institute codes of conduct that forbid the creation of strong Artificial Intelligence (Info slide: A 'Weak' Artificial Intelligence is only capable of solving narrowly defined problems. A 'Strong' AI is capable of all the same kinds of intellectual tasks as human beings. A Strong AI would be able to reason, plan, learn, adapt, and communicate in natural language. Researchers at major universities have made significant progress towards the creation of Strong AI.)

Cambridge IV · 2

This house would euthanise all people on their 80th brithday

Bogwall · Open_Final

THW allow abortion only in the case of both parents' consent

IDAS · 3

THB if Josef Mengele had Discovered a Cure for Cancer, it'd be morally Acceptable to use it

Irish Times Round 2 · 2

(In 2050 scientists have localised the gen that causes paedophilic tendencies. The gen can be surgically removed/"turned off" without major impact) THW require everyone with the gen to undergo surgery, even if they have never been convicted of a crime

Cicero Debattoernooi · 4

Should the inclusion of disabled children in German schools be stopped?

Zeit Debatte Karlsruhe · 2

Should the NPD be banned?

Zeit Debatte Karlsruhe · 3

THBT parenthood should be by license only

Paris Centrale IV · 1

THBT free health care should cover cosmetic surgery

Finnish National Championships · 3

THW allow young boys to undergo chemical castration to preserve their singing voices

Stuttgart IV · 4

THW make Drion's pill publicly available

Stuttgart IV · Open_Final

This House Would legalise the sale of human organs

WSDC 2011 · Round 5 (prepared) · World Schools Debating Championships

THW grant those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to access treatments that have not completed clinical testing.

Koc WUDC 2010 · 7

This House would ban any scheme intended to cure homosexuality

Koc WUDC 2010 · ESL_Quarters

This house would ban all procedures to alter one's racial appearance.

Koc WUDC 2010 · Open_Quarters

This house would prohibit all private health care.

Cork WUDC 2009 · EFL_Final

This house would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy

Cork WUDC 2009 · Open_Final

This House would allow minors to have sex change operations

Joynt Scroll 2009 · 3

This house would destroy the results of unethical research,

New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 · 1

This House would deny scarce medical resources to terminally ill patients.

Assumption WUDC 2008 · 9

This House would require doctors to report all cases of suspected domestic violence.

Assumption WUDC 2008 · ESL_Semis

This house would stop the search for the gay gene

Assumption WUDC 2008 · Masters_2

THB that people who give HIV to others must pay drug support.

Assumption WUDC 2008 · Open_Final

This house would ban Cosmetic Surgery

UBC WUDC 2007 · 8

This house believes that governments should provide heroin addicts with safe injection facilities

UBC WUDC 2007 · Masters_2

This house believes that the First World should prohibit the immigration of doctors and nurses from the Third World.

New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 · 3

THW allow the sale of organs

SSE Riga IV · Open_Semis

THW compel prisoners to be subject to medical experiments

SSE Riga IV · Open_Final

THBT torture is justified

SSE Riga IV · 3

TH supports voluntary euthanasia

WSDC 2003 · Round 6 (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This House Would give parents the final say in medical treatment of their children

WSDC 2001 · Semifinals (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

THW use all dead human bodies for the benefit of those waiting for organ transplants

SSE Riga Practice Tournament · 2

THW forbid testing on all animals

SSE Riga Practice Tournament · 3