what's an undue burden?
<answer> An undue burden is a law whose purpose or effect is to create a substantial obstacle for a woman wanting an abortion prior to viability. <context> That new test was the undue burden test. An undue burden is a law whose purpose or effect is to create a substantial obstacle for a woman wanting an abortion prior to viability. Michael Gerhardt, a law professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, says determining the standard of undue burden is pretty clear.