New Delhi, May 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said the law must address the rising trend of unwanted pregnancies, as it closed a contempt plea against Union health secretary and others over implementation of its order to terminate the pregnancy of a 15-year-old in Delhi. A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan observed, "The tendency nowadays in society is that unwanted pregnancy is on the rise." Additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati, for the Centre, informed that pursuant to the April 24 order, termination was carried out on May 2 and the minor is now fit for discharge. Bhati said the pre-term male child has an 80% survival chance but will have lifelong deformities and is in AIIMS, Delhi's neonatal ICU, which faces a bed shortage. The court highlighted limitations under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (amended 2021), permitting termination up to 24 weeks. "The problem is that through consensual relationships, there is an unwanted pregnancy. She does not inform the family. By the time family members detect it, it is already 7 months, and the statutory period of 24 weeks is already over," the bench said. Bhati submitted the 2021 amendment extending the limit to 24 weeks, which "is reasonable compared to earlier thresholds of 10 and 12 weeks," Bhati said....