An all-Ireland pro-life rally in Dublin. / William Murphy/infomatique via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Five years after Irish voters rejected the constitutional amendment that protected "the right to life of the unborn," more than 28,800 abortions have occurred in Ireland since the referendum came into effect.Irish Sen. Rónán Mullen called losing Ireland s pro-life Eighth Amendment in the referendum vote on May 25, 2018, "the most tragic moment in Irish political history" in terms of the number of lives lost.According to Ireland s Pro-Life Campaign, the country s annual abortion rate has increased by at least 70%, with 28,802 abortions performed in the republic since the referendum came into effect in 2019. New data provided by Ireland s Health Service Executive on May 25 revealed that there were 8,876 abortions performed in Ireland in 2022 alone, a 33% increase from 2021."When we look at the change that has happened