The autopsy will be made public after it is performed by Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner Jon Thogmartin, attorney George Felos said.

Schiavo believes the results will dispel allegations that he wants his wife cremated to cover up wrongdoing, Felos said.

``Claims have been made there is some motive behind the cremation,'' Felos said in reference to allegations Michael Schiavo either caused his wife to suffer heart failure resulting in severe brain damage or abused her after she fell ill.

Bobby Schindler, whose family has been embroiled in a seven-year legal battle with Schiavo over his position that Terri Schiavo would not want to be kept alive in a vegetative state without hope of improvement, said he is ``not even thinking about that'' when asked about the autopsy plan.

``We're still committed to saving Terri,'' her brother said Monday evening.

Felos said he does not know whether Thogmartin's report will address the cause of broken bones that he has said were caused by Terri Schiavo's fragile condition after her February 1990 heart failure.

Michael Schiavo had been considering the autopsy issue for some time, but ``we didn't think it was appropriate to talk about'' until now, Felos said.

David Gibbs III, attorney for the Schindler family, said Monday night that he approves of having an autopsy done. ``There are a lot of unanswered questions about what happened in 1990,'' he said.

`Death Is Near,' Attorney Says

Terri Schiavo appeared to be comfortable Monday afternoon, Felos said.

``She looked very peaceful, she looked very calm,'' Felos said. Soothing, contemporary music was playing softly in the background, and she had a stuffed tabby cat tucked under one arm, he said.

``Terri's eyes do look more sunken than when I saw her last, and her breathing was on the rapid side,'' he said. ``I saw no evidence of bodily discomfort whatsoever.''

``Obviously, death is near. Whether it is imminent is another question,'' Felos said. ``Terri could die momentarily by cardiac arrest; however, her breathing is not labored, and her skin tone is fine.''

Michael Schiavo is spending significant time at his wife's bedside but leaves the room when his estranged in-laws wish to visit, Felos said.

Felos would not say whether his client is staying full time at Hospice House Woodside, where numerous Pinellas Park police officers guarding the property are backed up on occasion by sheriff's deputies stationed nearby. As Felos spoke to reporters outside his office in Dunedin, two uniformed deputies were nearby.

Bobby Schindler said that his sister's condition continues to deteriorate but that his family still hopes for intervention by Gov. Jeb Bush or President Bush.

``She doesn't look good ... but she's fighting,'' he said. ``She's responsive. She was awake when we were in there.''

Bobby Schindler said that for the second day his mother, Mary, remained too distraught to visit.

Father Fears Morphine Overdose

Bob Schindler said his daughter obviously feels pain because hospice nurses have given her morphine.

``I have a grave concern they'll expedite the process of killing her with an overdose of medicine - morphine,'' the elder Schindler said before news cameras as his daughter was about to begin her 11th day without sustenance.

Felos said he is aware of the Schindlers' concerns and checked Schiavo's medical chart Monday to see how much pain medicine she has received.

Hospice nurses have provided her with the minimum dose available in suppository form at 3 a.m. March 19, about 13 hours after her feeding tube was removed, and again at 1:55 p.m. Saturday, Felos said.

``It was a decision of the hospice nurses'' to provide pain medication when they see symptoms such as ``light moaning and facial grimaces and tensing of her arms,'' Felos said.

Bobby Schindler said the family invited the Rev. Jesse Jackson, president of the RainbowPUSH Coalition, to the hospice. He is to arrive this morning, pray with the family, possibly visit Terri Schiavo and speak to reporters.

Scene Subdued Outside Hospice

The mood outside Hospice House Woodside on Monday was generally subdued after a flurry of inflammatory rhetoric the day before.

There were fewer demonstrators, roughly 200 compared with 300 on Sunday, said police Capt. Sanfield Forseth.

Eight people were taken into custody Monday. The first was Mark Wilmar, 47, a Wisconsin man who showed up at the hospice entrance Monday morning with a jug of water, presumably for Schiavo, saying he wanted to be arrested.

About 5:15 p.m., seven people with the same group from Ohio refused to get off the hospice property. All but one was cooperative, and the seventh had to be carried to a transport van, Forseth said.

``The overall sentiment of the crowd has been a lot quieter today,'' Forseth said.

When there wasn't a flurry of media activity caused by the staged arrests, the demonstrators were somber. They read Bibles, silently or to one another. A Catholic priest led an orderly rosary procession past the hospice driveway. A 6- year-old boy from Dunlap, Tenn., carefully copied a saying from the Book of Revelation, about murderers eventually burning in a lake of fire.

Forty-six demonstrators have been arrested since Schiavo's feeding tube was removed, Forseth said. In all but one case they were charged with misdemeanor trespass outside the hospice, he said. Of those, five were from Florida, with the remainder from states such as California, Texas, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota and Pennsylvania.

Sheri Payne, who used to know the Schiavos as a couple, visited Terri Schiavo on Sunday night and told reporters Monday that she found her responsive.

``I've never seen her as active and vocal as she was last night,'' Payne said.

Group Heads To D.C.

A group of demonstrators traveled to Washington, D.C., objecting to the withdrawal of Schiavo's food - but now complaining of a ``lack of will'' by the Bush brothers and other Republicans.

Congress is out of town until next week. Both Republicans and Democrats say the issue of how to resolve disputes over end-of-life wishes may require new federal laws.

Patrick Mahoney, the Presbyterian director of the Christian Defense Coalition, held a news conference and prayer session for TV cameras across the street from the White House on Monday. He acknowledged that it may be too late to save Schiavo.

``If this chapter is at an end, the following chapter will be: Never again in our nation will a person be starved or dehydrated. Never again,'' he said.

In a shift that could signal a rift within conservative coalitions supporting Republican attempts to save Schiavo, Mahoney and others at the protest here said leaders in Congress and Tallahassee ``lack the political will'' to follow through on their convictions.

By passing limited legislation for Schiavo - but refusing to intercede more definitively now - ``they've set themselves up for the criticism it was all just a political stunt,'' he said.

The groups, people describing themselves as religious or advocates for the disabled, had flown up before dawn from the vigil at Schiavo's Pinellas Park hospice.

Pelted by cold rain with only a piece of plastic for protection, St. Petersburg special education teacher Mary Porta, a veteran of long vigils outside the hospice, said that even if Schiavo dies, ``I don't think the issue is at all over.''

Despite her exhaustion and the responsibilities of her job, Porta asked for another day off and paid $500 for a 6 a.m. flight out of Tampa International Airport so she could lobby congressional aides and make a final plea for the Justice Department to enforce a congressional subpoena requiring authorities to reconnect Schiavo's feeding tube.

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who opposed legislation giving Schiavo's case a review in federal courts, said during the weekend that ``Congress needs to do more.''

Specifically, Frank said new legislation should allow federal judges to look at situations in which families are feuding over unclear end-of-life instructions. Congress had passed a narrow measure tailored for Schiavo.

Florida Sen. Mel Martinez, who led Republicans' U.S. Senate campaign for another court review of Schiavo's case, said no more could be done for her.

``As disappointed as Sen. Martinez is, we're a nation of laws and the judiciary has spoken,'' said Martinez spokesman Kerry Feehery.

Reporter Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.