[Verginius Rufus]

Apart from the deliberate killing of babies by abortion, which has undoubtedly increased greatly since abortion was legalized by the Supreme Court, the infant mortality rate has dropped from 26 per 1,000 in 1960 to under 6 per 1,000 now--a drop of about 75%. Many Third World countries today have lower infant-mortality rates than the US had in 1960 (assuming the data they report is reasonably accurate).

The life expectancy at birth in the US in 1950 was 68.2. Since that was 70 years ago, more than half the babies born in 1950 should have died by now. I doubt that is correct.

[Secret Agent Man]

that number fails because it cannot predict medical advancements in the future, when they occur, and how they will benefit those currently alove, whether or not they can get them, when they become mainstream care procedures or drugs, etc...

needless to say as advancements continue those older life expectancy estimates get more and more inaccurate