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Suicides automatically get autopsied, so not currently an option.
Otherwise... well, it seems fairly obvious to an expected utility maximizer who believes in the von Neumann/Morgenstern axiom of Continuity, that if being cryonically suspended is better than death, and there exists a spectrum of lives so horrible as to not be worth living, then there must exist some intermediate point of a life exactly horrible enough that it is not worth committing suicide but is worth deliberately suspending yourself if you have the option.
This seems quite unfair to sufferers of mental illness. What if a person signed up for cryonics later becomes depressed, resulting in suicide? (It could happen.)
I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the near-total absence of cryonics-friendly law, but it's still worth remarking upon.
Several states allow religious objections to autopsy. The coroner can override it in some cases (infectious disease that endangers the public, murder suspected), but it's better than nothing. The state doesn't care what religion you are, just that you've signed a form stating you object to an autopsy.
ETA: The override process is pretty involved in California. It involves petitioning the superior court to get an order to autopsy.
I was assuming from what Eliezer said that suicides were also in the "override" category. If not, that's good news.