Shtino gave me the link to an article about different religions' views on death and autopsies. It's interesting to read about the different ways people interpret death, even people within the same religion. Most of the religions that normally oppose autopsies are okay with them, if it's for legal reasons. Judaism believes that if an action will save a life somewhere in the world, it should be done, even if it goes against Jewish beliefs.
Buddhists believe that death is a part of life and shouldn't be feared; they believe that dead bodies should be treated with respect, so the soul can achieve enlightenment. Because autopsies benefit the medical community and can bring criminals to justice, Buddhists are okay with autopsies, as long as they're done after the body is left alone for three days. Christians are also supportive of autopsies, since they see it as an act of charity to perform an autopsy to help others.
Before I started this project, religious views never occured to me as a reason to oppose autopsies. Since I'm not religious myself, I never thought about how religions might impact peoples' feelings towards the treatment of a body after death. I just think of bodies as inanimate objects without any souls or feelings; after death, there's nothing left but the body.