Penry Gustafson
Penry Gustafson (born May 20, 1970) is a member of the South Carolina Senate. She represents District 27. Tenure 
In early May  2023, Gustafson joined with a Democrat, an Independent and two other Republican women state senators, calling themselves, "The Sister Senators": Sen. Mia McLeod, Sen. Katrina Shealy (R-Lexington), Sen. Penry Gustafson (R-Kershaw), Sen. Margie Bright-Matthews (D-Colleton), and Sen. Sandy Senn (R-Charleston). They blocked male state senators from passing a bill that would ban all abortions in South Carolina. On May 23, 2023, Senate Republicans passed another bill that severely restricted abortion rights to six weeks, a time when most women don't even know they're pregnant, exceptions made only in cases of rape, incest, fetal abnormalities or the woman's life or health, and paving the way for a Supreme Court confrontation over its elements. In June 2023, Gustafson endorsed Tim Scott in the 2024 United States presidential election. In September 2023 it was announced that "The Sister Senators" had been selected to receive the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award. The award was presented in an October 2023 ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Elections 
In 2020, though taking only one of three counties, Gustafson defeated popular Senate incumbent and two-time gubernatorial candidate, Democrat Vincent Sheheen. References

External Links 

 Sister Senators' speeches at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Profiles in Courage Award Ceremony

1970 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Living people
Newberry College alumni
Republican Party South Carolina state senators
Women in the South Carolina State Senate