In this country, abortion is a reality. It is a legal choice many women make and yet on shows like 16 & Pregnant or Teen Mom, it might as well not exist. Well now 16 and Pregnant Season 3 star Jamie McKay had an abortion and was open about it on Twitter. Her admission ignited a landslide of controversy.

McKay is the mother of Miah who was born in 2010. Apparently she and her boyfriend have not been practicing safe sex and she got pregnant with number two. The other day, she tweeted: "Rest in peace little angel. September 17, 2012" along with an ultrasound picture. Then she admitted she aborted the fetus. 

Twitter erupted. Some were furious. Some were supportive. The whole thing was bizarre and worrisome for a lot of reasons, but the reality is, abortion is a choice in this country and McKay made the right one. So why can't that be on TV?

Katie YeagerIt’s official. Well, as close to official as you can get without being official anyway. The Teen Mom 3 cast has been revealed! And you can thank Mackenzie Douthit for spilling the beans.

The 16 & Pregnant star was on the list of rumored castmembers already, and last night she tweeted a photo lifted from In Touch magazine of four different girls who have appeared on 16 & Pregnant, including herself. Paired with the comment “here we are:) … #teenmom3,” it’s almost as official as MTV actually announcing the cast. So who are these girls?

You've got to hand it to Kailyn Lowry. The Teen Mom 2 star hasn't had the easiest life, but she's quickly emerging as one of the most level-headed young women to grace the reality TV stage. And her latest move is certainly one that should wake her co-stars up.

Little Isaac's mom, who recently got engaged to boyfriend Javi Marroquin, has gotten herself a J-O-B. And I'm not talking about the one that lands her on tabloid covers. It seems Kailyn has figured out that the MTV money train is eventually going to leave the Lowry station.

You may know Ashley Salazar from her gripping, heart-wrenching storyline on MTV's 16 & Pregnant. After getting pregnant the first time she had sex, the troubled teen ended up giving her daughter, Callie, up for adoption to her aunt and uncle. Since doing so, it's been pretty rough for Ash, which is definitely understandable. Even worse ... it doesn't seem like the teen mom is seeing much light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, despite living with her baby daddy Justin, she seems to be going through one of her darkest hours.

Ashley recently wrote on her blog "Bittersweet Blessing" that she "needs help" and feels like she is "missing something." In short, she seems to be suffering from depression.

After weeks of rumors, MTV has finally confirmed that Amber Portwood will get her own Behind Bars TV special, shot from inside the Indiana prison where she's serving time. Of course this is the Teen Mom series we're talking about, so controversy over the network's decision was inevitable, but there's one question that needs to end: "Is it inappropriate for MTV to go into a prison just to get an interview with Amber?"

I don't know. Is it inappropriate for any documentary filmmaker to go into a prison to interview a subject? Because like it or not, America, that's what Teen Mom is supposed to be, a documentary-style television show.

I've never felt sympathy for an entire state before, but it seems New Jersey just can't get enough of trainwreck reality stars. Snooki up and has a baby and turns domestic, but now she's being replaced. Jenelle Evans, scandal-plagued star of Teen Mom 2, is busy apartment hunting in the Garden State!

Until now, MTV fans have gotten to see Evans' shenanigans filmed in eastern North Carolina, where she has lived on and off with mom Barbara and son Jace. But after reuniting with (also on-again/off-again) boyfriend Kieffer Delp, Evans took a recent trip to the Dirty Jerz, and she's not looking back.

While Teen Mom is set to end with tonight's finale, it looks like big things are just starting for Jenelle Evans, star of the show's first spin-off. The Teen Mom 2 star went to court yesterday and managed to shed some of the biggest charges against her. Turns out Jenelle won't have to face punishment for assault or the three drug charges against her.

They've all been dismissed. She's getting a second (or is it third or fourth by now?) chance! So, does this mean easy sailing for Jenelle Evans from here on out? Is it naive to cross our fingers and say, "Yes! Jenelle's our girl, if she can't do it no one can!?"

Of all the stars of Teen Mom, Farrah Abraham has struggled hardest to separate herself from her past. And yet the release of her memoir, My Teenage Dream Ended, by MTV's book publishing arm this week rockets you right back to her days on 16 and Pregnant. Only you didn't see any of this in your living room.

The Stir got a sneak peek at the book that goes behind the scenes of her life before she got pregnant with Sophia, before she signed on to work with MTV. She gives a full account of her entire relationship with her daughter's father, Derek Underwood, including how she got pregnant, and something more ... an understanding of the petulant teen we've often seen lash out at her parents.