RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Marquis de Sade and induced abortion.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 7
OP 10
DO 10.1136/jme.6.1.7
VO 6
IS 1
A1 Farr, A D
YR 1980
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract
AB In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his La Philosophic dans le boudoir, in which he proposed the use of induced abortion for social reasons and as a means of population control. It is from this time that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in modern times. It is suggested that it was largely due to de Sade's writing that induced abortion received the impetus which resulted in its subsequent spread in western society.