Abortion?

Please don’t comment if you are going to start an argument, but I’m genuinely curious about how abortions are done? I read somewhere that the baby and placenta is cut up into small pieces, then removed. Is that true or is that just a scare tactic made up by Christian groups? I thought you just take a pill? Not considering for myself, but my friend is considering it and she’s 15 weeks. I suggested adoption, but to each their own.