Although the source used in the claim is a link from a post on X, making it incredibly untrustworthy, the claim is true. A PBS article from 2022 says, "It is estimated that about 170,000 people traveled from Ireland to seek a legal abortion between 1980 and 2018". Ireland made history with its Supreme Court rulings regarding abortion in the last 100 years. In 2018, due to a repealing of their Eight Amendment which related to abortion, "legal abortions are now allowed during the first trimester, with costs covered by the public health service" says PBS. In America, people travel long distances to get abortions and are beginning to run out of options as legislation is passed. This is regression, as the claim states, and on this topic, PBS says "For decades before 2018, pregnant people in Ireland faced forced pregnancy, suffering and even death, a cautionary tale for what pregnant people in the U.S. could face if Roe is reversed". The claim is true and the United States is repeating history by passing laws banning abortion as many women continue to struggle and die because of causes related to birth, pregnancy, and miscarriages.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-irelands-history-with-abortion-might-teach-us-about-a-post-roe-america
