More states have, “… embraced laws requiring waiting periods for abortion…” however this is unfair to the women going through this.
Would I capitlize the however or leave this sentence how it is
What punctuation is right after the word immediately preceding "however"?
I worded the sentence to how I thought it should look like. So I'm guessing it's wrong?
Do I put a comma before the h?
Here's how I would write it (and I take it the quotation marks mean you quoted that from somewhere and will correctly cite it, right?):
More states have "embraced laws requiring waiting periods for abortion;" however, this is unfair to the women going through this.
Be sure it's crystal clear what the antecedent for "this" is (the last word in that sentence.
In this sentence, it would be grammatically correct to capitalize the word "however" since it is used as a transitional adverb to contrast the first part of the sentence with the second part.
Here's the revised sentence with the capitalized word:
"More states have embraced laws requiring waiting periods for abortion. However, this is unfair to the women going through this."
By capitalizing "however," you emphasize the contrast and make the sentence easier to read and understand.