Apparently, he intended this all along, but didn't feel it was appropriate to talk about publically.

For the record, autopsies are not typically conducted on individuals who die during hospice care. That's because the purpose of an autposy is to determine the cause of death. In most cases, the cause of death of persons in hospice care can be determined without an autopsy.

I do hope this will put to rest all of the rude and ridiculous gossip, rumors and innuendoes about Terri's condition and its cause. But I should note that its all of this crap that has made an autopsy necessary, not to protect Terri, but the help the husband debunk all of the bad information showing up in places like FOX News.