The phrase 'it is debated whether' is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used when the subject of debate is unclear or undecided. For example, "It is debated whether electric cars are more eco-friendly than traditional gasoline-fueled cars."
As the term "gay" did not become familiar to the general public until the Stonewall riots in 1969, it is debated whether the word was used here in its original sense (meaning "happy" ) or is an intentional, joking reference to homosexuality.
Conversely, iRBC endothelial cytoadherence leads to upregulation of inflammation, although it is debated whether this occurs by iRBC cytoadherence on its own or whether other factors are necessary.
It is debated whether this is true also at gestational diabetes.
It is debated whether all forms of learning represent the same process.
It is debated whether chronic urogenital inflammations and infections may trigger the formation of antisperm antibodies (ASA) in semen.
It is debated whether the argument was over a disputed point, an unpaid debt or a love rival.
Abstract: "Molecular phylogenies are available for more taxa and ecosystems, but it is debated whether they can be used to estimate separately speciation and extinction rates.
It is debated whether the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) can generate false positives by screening other disorders as bipolar, or identify sub-threshold bipolarity.
It is debated whether this should be seen as a cowardly denial of the population's responsibility or a normal rejection of an unjust collective punishment.
The criteria are in the appendix while it is debated whether menstruation should be considered as a migraine trigger, or if menstrual migraine is a distinct clinical entity.
Thus it is debated whether a symmetrical universe is possible, e.g., a universe containing two qualitatively indistinguishable spheres and nothing else (Black 1952).
