Do we have the right to request that an autopsy not be preformed upon our death?
I think it depends on the state. Most of the time if the person is young and otherwise healthy or even older and otherwise healthy then they have to do an autopsy to rule out foul play, suicide, etc. Check with your state to find out for sure.
You can make that request, but if the law requires it (such as unknown cause of death) it won't matter what you or anyone else requests.
as long as your death isnt suspected to be a homicide i think u can write in ur will that you dont want an autopsy
An autopsy is not always performed when someone dies. Autopsies are performed for various reasons- ~~~Unexplained death- a body is found with no marks or clues to how the person died. ~~~~ Un-attended death - a doctor had not been treating the person for any active disease process. But if a person dies and a doctor had been treating the person for a particular disease then their doctor would have 'knowledge' of why this person had died. No autopsy would be needed. Autopsies are not performed all the time. The pathologists would not have time to perform autopsies on everyone. So~~~~to answer your question~~ when you are dead~~you will not have any say in whether you have an autopsy. If you die by means that are not immediately recognizable, your body will be autopsied. If you die by natural attended death. No, you will not be autopsied. But~~~why do you care? You'll be dead!!
You have the right to request no autopsy due to religious reasons, but that does not mean that one will not be preformed. It depends on the state in which you reside and the circumstances of your death. Even if no autopsy is preformed, that does not mean they will not or cannot exhume your body at a later time for the procedure, but it has to be for extenuating circustances and a court order is needed.
