i know with technology available today its hard to believe it happens, but babies are born with conditions not discovered while in utero, especially if mom doesn't participate in prenatal care.
I think Northam was not very clear in his comments. He spoke very poorly as a matter of fact. I think he was speaking about babies born with fatal internal deformations or born without a brain above the brain stem. Things of those nature, known to be terminal, where the baby will not live no matter what support they are given. Although those conditions are rare, the baby is usually supported long enough for the family to be fully informed that the condition is not comparable with life and to say goodbye. To qualify rare, I've only seen this situation twice.