Anglicans To Rome Already Making A Difference- No Communion to Pro Choice Polticians

This is a very interesting article via LIFE Site news. See Head of Traditional Anglican Group: No Communion to Pro-Abort Politicians

This part is interesting:
“Since Vatican II, the Church has been squeamish about its ability to discipline its laity,” he continued. “This has been a moment at which the Church has tried to rediscover collegiality, the role of the laity, the ministry of the laity, and it causes some mental conflict to then have to say to somebody, quite publicly, 'you've abandoned the teaching of the Church and you are now being disciplined.'”

In disciplining laity, the Church runs the risk of being told 'stuff you', in the words of the Australian, as well as the possibility that priests will side with the lay person. “Then you've got public schism, and the Church fears schism more than anything, and I think rightly.”
But Anglicans are more accustomed to “disciplining their laity,” he opined, “because we're more used to lay roles.”

“If laity are going to have a role, they're going to tow the line,” he added.
Regarding refusing Communion to those “espousing an anti-life stand,” he said the TAC is able “to apply that rigidly because we're much smaller congregations.”

He noted that this is an issue for the Church throughout the world, including for the “small” TAC. His own chancellor in Australia is a member of parliament, and, according to Hepworth, “his voting record on life issues is absolutely impeccable.” Also, the attorney general for South Australia is one of his parishioners.

“Even the small TAC does have some dealings with senior politicians, and they would not go against us in these matters,” he said. “That because there are plenty of other churches for them to join if they don't want to observe the rules of this one, or go and be other Anglicans.”