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To: hypatia
You're right. Read on:

Protection against rape seen to be best policy

JOHANNESBURG -- A South African medical aid company said yesterday it would launch a special rape insurance policy -- the second company to do so in two months. The LifeSense medical insurance group said it had devised a policy in conjunction with Lloyds of London that would cost R11 a month and provide rape victims with medical and psychological treatment worth R14000.

The policy will pay for anti-Aids drugs for rape victims, and special payouts could be made to help victims upgrade security at their homes, the company said in a statement.

"In an environment where rape is so pervasive we need to extend protections to rape survivors in the families," said LifeSense MD Angus Rowe. However, when another company launched a similar policy recently, it provoked an outcry.

Anti-rape groups accused the company of trying to turn a profit out of crime. -- Sapa-AFP

16 posted on 12/11/2001 3:29:31 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta
"The LifeSense medical insurance group said it had devised a policy in conjunction with Lloyds of London
that would cost R11 a month and provide rape victims with medical and psychological treatment worth R14000."

I believe that at the current exchange rate, $1.00 = R11.00 (approximately).

FRegards,
CD

20 posted on 12/11/2001 7:56:48 PM PST by Constitution Day
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