The medical abortion drug RU486, or mifepristone, will now be more widely available in Australia.

A sexual health clinic has been given access to the drug for its clinics in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, the ACT and Western Australia.

National clinical adviser for Marie Stopes International, Jill Michelson, says 14 of its doctors have now been given authorised access by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Ms Michelson says since 2006 some public hospitals have had the drug, but now women will have wider access as an option in the first nine weeks of pregnancy.

"Which is something that we have been waiting for a long time in Australia as we know this drug has been available in around about 30 countries since the late 80s," she said.

Ms Michelson says the organisation has received advice the drug will be legal in all states, especially in Queensland, where a young couple is facing criminal abortion charges after allegedly using a contraband abortion drug.