Teenage pregnancy rate is still high – Ansah

Mr. Justice Peter Ansah, the Gomoa Area Organizer of the Red Cross Society of Ghana (RCSG), has expressed the need to curb the alarming rate of teenage pregnancy cases the nation was currently experiencing.

Mr. Ansah said teenage pregnancy was affecting the social, economic and educational development of the country.

He said this at a press conference at Gomoa-Amanful, after touring 12 towns and villages in his area of operation to educate the people, especially parents, guardians, teenage girls and boys on the negative effects of teenage pregnancy.

Mr Ansah therefore called for the introduction of bye-laws and tough penalties for teenage boys and young men who influenced and impregnated teenage girls to ensure the social well-being of the girls.

He called on all state organs charged with the responsibility for curbing teenage pregnancy to step up their sensitization activities in the urban towns, villages, the cities, schools and churches.

He further urged all religious leaders and other well-organized bodies in the society to join the sensitization campaign.