I think in-canon there are exceptions for medical treatment, although writers seem to forget about that depending on what metaphor they’re trying to put on top of augments. Not that it’s particularly consistent anyway, early in TNG there is a whole federation colony of genetically altered psychic rapidly aging children with infectious progeria and nobody seems particularly outraged by this.
And yeah, it doesn’t work in DS9, either, but that’s why you shouldn’t be trying to make a prequel to DS9 where you debate that specific issue in court. It just doesn’t work to give the episode a feel good ending to then leave the issue unresolved for centuries for nerdy lore reasons.
I think in-canon there are exceptions for medical treatment, although writers seem to forget about that depending on what metaphor they’re trying to put on top of augments. Not that it’s particularly consistent anyway, early in TNG there is a whole federation colony of genetically altered psychic rapidly aging children with infectious progeria and nobody seems particularly outraged by this.
And yeah, it doesn’t work in DS9, either, but that’s why you shouldn’t be trying to make a prequel to DS9 where you debate that specific issue in court. It just doesn’t work to give the episode a feel good ending to then leave the issue unresolved for centuries for nerdy lore reasons.