Can Alcor cryopreserve me prior to legal death?
Since cryopreservation is not yet reversible, cryopreservation of a legally living person would be regarded as homicide or suicide under current law. While some communities have enacted legislation allowing suicide with the assistance of a physician, any such case almost certainly would be followed by an autopsy which would include dissection of the brain. For these reasons, and to protect ourselves from any accusation of conflict of interest, Alcor has a strict policy against advising any member to end life prematurely.
