Excerpt from Isola
Next Parliament shall sweep that law away
And give us one with equal rights for all.
Capacity and Merit are the test
Of human fitness which should e'er prevail;
Nature and circumstances will select
The fittest to perform Life's many functions,
Seek not to force on women Motherhood—
A vast mistake which breeds the puny Man,
Some women are not fit to bear a child,
Some men are unfit to be Sires at all;
To breed unhealthy offspring is a Crime
Which our religion has concealed from men.
To bring disease into the world is bad.
To force this on a child a foul shame.
It is a sacred trust which Nature gives.
That trust of giving Life, and should command
The reverence of those to whom 'tis giv'n;
Let this be plainly taught to either sex,
Bring up the sexes to respect each other.