Full term abortion legal in NZ

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do full term abortions actually happen in New Zealand?

That would actually seem to be unconscionable in my mind, but given the source material provided I'm rather suspicious of the claim.  Surely it would be simpler for everyone and more ethical to go through with the birth and adopt out the baby.

Back when my sister was training to be a nurse, in the late 70s, stories circulated about babies that had been born with severe deformities and anatomic shortcomings that saw them essentially abandoned by the mother to a life of isolation in institutional care for what for many was a very much foreshortened existence. 

The reasoning behind withholding life preserving procedures post-partum in such cases would be better supported than for a baby born fit and healthy though pre-natal embryonic monitoring procedures are much improved these days so I would imagine far fewer situations of this type are likely now.