Prime Directive
When her son is sentenced to death because that's the rules of the planet in Justice, however, the captain tacitly agrees from the outset that they follow their own view and decide to break the Prime Directive and rescue Wesley because of the extreme inflexibility with which they consider a severe law has been applied to an unknowing outsider.
Wesley also gets kidnapped in When the Bough Breaks, but as he is taken by force by the technologically advanced Aldeans, his and the other childrens' rescue does not break the Prime Directive.
Dr Crusher disagrees 100% with captain Picard when he refuses to budge after citing the Prime Directive in Symbiosis. She wants to synthesise an unaddictive drug to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms of the Ornarans, but in the spirit of non-interference he allows their pushing planetary neighbours of Brekka to finish a delivery, but then refuses to help to repair the ill-maintained supply ships, so the Ornarans will have to overcome their addiction anyway.
In Who Watches the Watchers, Picard is not impressed when Beverly beams up an unsuspecting casualty. In the end, the captain is forced to give the technologically naive Mintakans the whole truth.
In Ethics, Picard virtually capitulates under the Prime Directive's shadow when Beverly wants him to intervene with his Klingon crewmate's intentions.
In The Perfect Mate, Beverly argues that the predetermined upbringing of a genetic "peace bride" rarity and her donation to planet Valt's leader is complete prostitution.
Not really a Prime Directive issue, but Jean-Luc and Riker in I, Borg are too scared (of Beverly !) to insist that the doctor leaves an injured lone young Borg to die.
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