After knowledge of the Catgirling Machine became public, a law was passed in 2013 regarding "nonconsensual Handwavium-induced biomods". Rammed through the system, most people had no problem with the idea that it should be an assault crime... the problem people tend to have with it was that it was so broadly written that a completely accidental biomod could wind up with serious criminal charges filed against a handwavium user.
In 2017, a case came before the Supreme Court regarding the broad stroke of the law, charges having been brought by the American parents of a college student caught in a completely accidental biomod when the University lab she was at in England had an unforseeable containment failure. She was insistent that it was an accident, there's no need to go to all the trouble, and she actually liked her biomod, but her parents had been in a protracted appeals fight with the university over what the parents saw as their criminal liability. The Supreme Court ruled that the law was overly vague, and that criminal charges for something that was a complete accident out of anyone's control was a bit much, thank you very much.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
In 2017, a case came before the Supreme Court regarding the broad stroke of the law, charges having been brought by the American parents of a college student caught in a completely accidental biomod when the University lab she was at in England had an unforseeable containment failure. She was insistent that it was an accident, there's no need to go to all the trouble, and she actually liked her biomod, but her parents had been in a protracted appeals fight with the university over what the parents saw as their criminal liability. The Supreme Court ruled that the law was overly vague, and that criminal charges for something that was a complete accident out of anyone's control was a bit much, thank you very much.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor