"Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane loves to push buttons," said Michael O'Connell in Metromix St. Louis, "and when his network doesn't want to push along, he pushes theirs too." While speaking on a panel at Comic-Con over the weekend, he told the crowd that Fox let him produce an episode about abortion for the upcoming season "but will probably decline to air it—and MacFarlane isn't particularly happy about it."
Good for Fox, said Jezebel. The abortion episode reportedly centers on Mila Kunis' character, Meg Griffin, who's been raped in prison. What's funny about that? Too bad the network didn't take more of a stand in the past, with episodes that featured "shooting prostitutes as a form of 'community service,' or punching them in the face as they cry, 'I don't understand! What did I do wrong?'" Yeah, that was "really hilarious stuff."
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