Table 48: Mother's reactions to the news of pregnancy - Anger, blaming 53.5% - Acceptance, resignation 21.5% - Advice not to abort 18.1% - Advice for abortion 6.9% Total Source: UNICEF, Survey of early pregnancy, Brazzaville, 1996. 100.0% In fact, aggressive or negative reactions will continue throughout the pregnancy according to the following indications: Table 49: Attitudes of relatives during pregnancy - Number of families continuing to refuse situation 58 out of 102 - Number of cases of denial of paternity - Hostility of parents 40 out of 102 82 out of 102 - Hostility of the mother 77 out of 102 Girlfriends’ hostility 75 out of 102 - Disapproval of the father or guardian 99 out of 102 Source: UNICEF, Survey of early pregnancy, Brazzaville, 1996. Management of pregnancy will be seen as a very difficult time for a young girl of 12 to 17 years. Finally, the financial support towards care will be the subject of negotiations between the two families. The girl may be entrusted to one or the other family and the feeling that the girl will keep from this episode is as follows: Table 50: Feeling of the girl on the management of pregnancy Good 40.2% Bad More or less 43.1% 12.8% No answer 3.9% Total 100.0% Source: UNICEF, Survey of early pregnancy, Brazzaville, 1996. The trauma is such that the girl refuses to continue to study (even if permitted by law), and she finds herself alone in life, with no future. Unfortunately, the phenomenon of teenage pregnancy is neither accidental nor rare. The study on the education of girls also revealed that: 123

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