Wa — The Wa municipality of the Upper West Region has recorded 131 unsafe abortions within the first five months of the year, representing 35 per cent increase over last year's figure of 96 for the same period.
Teenage pregnancies in the municipality within the same period have also increased from 1,037, last year, to 1,153 this year.
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