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The ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' declared concerning the [[atheism|atheist]] and [[sadism|sadist]] Marquis de Sade:

The ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' declared concerning the [[atheism|atheist]] and [[sadism|sadist]] Marquis de Sade:

{{cquote|In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his ''La Philosophie 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.<ref>http://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract</ref>}}  

{{cquote|In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his ''La Philosophie 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 developed society.<ref>http://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract</ref>}}  

During a portion of his life, the Marquis de Sade had problems maintaining his weight, and he was grotesquely [[obesity|obese]].<ref>http://www.neilschaeffer.com/sade/bibliography/quills.htm</ref>   

During a portion of his life, the Marquis de Sade had problems maintaining his weight, and he was grotesquely [[obesity|obese]].<ref>http://www.neilschaeffer.com/sade/bibliography/quills.htm</ref>   

== 120 Days of Sodom ==

== 120 Days of Sodom ==

''The 120 Days of Sodom'' was one of his most notorious books. He wrote it over a thiry-seven day period in 1785 while he was imprisoned in the Bastille. He described this book as  "the most impure tale that has ever been written since the world exists", which may very well be true to the present day. He died believing that this book was lost to the ages- unfortunately, a direct descendant found it in the mid-20th century, despite the attempts of his immediate relatives trying to destroy everything he wrote that remained unpublished immediately after his death.  Elements of his book were likewise utilized for the victims of the Guillotine by Joseph Lebon, one of the Jacobins, where he and his wife had the decapitated corpses unclothed and placed in obscene positions mirroring that of the batteries nationales.<ref name="Operation Parricide">[http://www.culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html Operation Parricide]</ref> This book was adapted by controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini in that director's final and most radically offensive film.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/</ref> The last years of the Marquis' life were spent in an [[insanity|insane]] asylum, though the reasons for this vary depending on the source.  His years in the asylum have been dramatised in the critically-acclaimed play (and later film) ''Marat/Sade'',<ref name="imdb.com">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/</ref> as well as in the dramatic film ''Quills''.<ref name="imdb.com"/>

''The 120 Days of Sodom'' was one of his most notorious books. He wrote it over a thirty-seven day period in 1785 while he was imprisoned in the Bastille. He described this book as  "the most impure tale that has ever been written since the world exists", which may very well be true to the present day. He died believing that this book was lost to the ages- unfortunately, a direct descendant found it in the mid-20th century, despite the attempts of his immediate relatives trying to destroy everything he wrote that remained unpublished immediately after his death.  Elements of his book were likewise utilized for the victims of the Guillotine by Joseph Lebon, one of the Jacobins, where he and his wife had the decapitated corpses unclothed and placed in obscene positions mirroring that of the batteries nationales.<ref name="Operation Parricide">[http://www.culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html Operation Parricide]</ref> This book was adapted by controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini in that director's final and most radically offensive film.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/</ref> The last years of the Marquis' life were spent in an [[insanity|insane]] asylum, though the reasons for this vary depending on the source.  His years in the asylum have been dramatised in the critically-acclaimed play (and later film) ''Marat/Sade'',<ref name="imdb.com">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/</ref> as well as in the dramatic film ''Quills''.<ref name="imdb.com"/>

His work was largely banned in the [[USA]] until the relaxation of obscenity laws in the 1950s and 1960s.

His work was largely banned in the [[USA]] until the relaxation of obscenity laws in the 1960s and 1970s.

== Marquis de Sade advocated a law that every citizen would have a right of free access to the body of every other citizen ==

== Marquis de Sade advocated a law that every citizen would have a right of free access to the body of every other citizen ==