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'''Undue burden''' is a legal argument often made in seeking invalidation of a law that disfavors [[abortion]].
'''Undue burden''' is a legal argument often made in seeking invalidation of a law that disfavors [[abortion]].
The '''undue burden''' test was set forth by the plurality decision of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 895 (U.S. 1992: if the statute "will operate as a substantial obstacle to a woman's choice to undergo an abortion," "in a large fraction of the cases in which" the statute is relevant, then it is an unconstitutional "undue burden" on the right to have an abortion.
The '''undue burden''' test was set forth by the plurality decision of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 895 (1992): if the statute "will operate as a substantial obstacle to a woman's choice to undergo an abortion," "in a large fraction of the cases in which" the statute is relevant, then it is an unconstitutional "undue burden" on the right to have an abortion.
Parental notification or consent requirements for women under the age of 18 are valid, and are not an "undue burden":<ref>Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 895 (1992).</ref>
Parental notification or consent requirements for women under the age of 18 are valid, and are not an "undue burden":<ref>''Planned Parenthood v. Casey'', 505 U.S. 833, 895 (1992).</ref>
{{cquote|Those enactments, and our judgment that they are constitutional, are based on the quite reasonable assumption that minors will benefit from consultation with their parents and that children will often not realize that their parents have their best interests at heart. We cannot adopt a parallel assumption about adult women.}}
{{cquote|Those enactments, and our judgment that they are constitutional, are based on the quite reasonable assumption that minors will benefit from consultation with their parents and that children will often not realize that their parents have their best interests at heart. We cannot adopt a parallel assumption about adult women.}}