On this week's episode of MTV's hit show 16 & Pregnant, a young teenage mother boarded the school bus with her baby - then promptly dropped her infant off at the on-campus daycare. High schools with daycare facilities? The concept has sparked debate: Is it good that educational facilities are making it easier on teen moms, or do on-campus daycare programs tacitly condone teen parenthood?

The episode took place in Asheville, North Carolina, where young Jamie attends public high school. North Carolina ranks ninth for most teen pregnancies in the United States (Mississippi takes top honors), so free on-campus daycare at public institutions is a response to a growing problem - but does it imply to young women that it's normal, okay or totally acceptable to have kids in high school? And if it does, is it necessarily bad to tell teenage mothers that their situations are okay?

Meanwhile, in Canada - where we're largely free of much of the religious fanaticism that keeps the States embroiled in debates about abortion, birth control, contraception and premarital sex - teen pregnancy rates are at an all-time low. In 2008, Alex McKay authored a study published in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality that found that Canadian teens were experiencing unexpected pregnancies at rates declining faster than those in the U.S. or Britain, according to Canwest News Service. "The current generation of teenage women in Canada is more knowledgeable about sexual and reproductive health than any previous generation. And that's a progressive phenomenon," he said in a 2008 interview. " Basically it reflects the increasing opportunities and capacities for young women to control their sexual and reproductive health to a greater extent than ever before."