No births for one full year

[sstodvictory]

......Then, there's the scenario where, unannounced, no one can conceive, and there's no promise the ability will ever return. People will rationally look for an answer... just kidding, legions of people will freak out in epic fashion, and a few real heels will rush in to profiteer off of all the freaking out. The usual.

That's the scenario I imagined the OP was proposing - all males shooting blanks for a year or females dropping infertile eggs, no warning, no rational reason known. Lots of reasons imagined by rational types and kooks alike - along with their proposed action agendas.

The second coming of Christ.
The Mayan calendar as some interpret it was right.
Nostradamus predicted it.
Sterilized by cosmic rays, distant supernova, or television or cell phones.
Done in by chemicals in the drinking water.
Is this what happened to the dinosaurs?
Must implement the New World Order immediately.
etc., etc.

Not a single person on the planet would deny that something was seriously wrong. Economies would be seriously affected. What a superb idea for a Sci-Fi movie.

Steve

 

[Doc Manhattan]

It wasn't exactly the scenario, but pretty darn close: Children of Men, 2006.

 

[TheSmokeamater]

Not that any of these things would devastate the economy, but surely having no births for a year would impact:

Pediatric and related professions and industries.

School teachers and schools

Retail sales drop in back to school supplies & clothing

Some percentage drop in birthday/greeting card industry

Driver registration and license fees

Military recruitment

…and countless other things.

 

[J Soshae]

I do not care to get thrown in the "rubber room" so here are only the numbers. Decide for yourself what you wish.

300,000,000+ people in the US
4,000,000 births per year
50,000,000+ abortions since Roe v Wade

 

[TheSmokeamater]

I don't go there....ever.