Why did Gey rush Henrietta Lacks' autopsy?

Gey rushed the autopsy to retrieve samples from Henrietta's organs..... as amny as he could get. If he delayed, he'd need to get the family's permission.

As Henriettas body cooled in the colored freezer, Gey asked her doctors if theyd do an autopsy. Tissue culturists around the world had been trying to create a library of immortal cells like Henriettas, and Gey wanted samples from as many organs in her body as possible, to see if theyd grow like HeLa. But to get those samples after her death, someone would have to ask Henriettas husband for permission. Though no law or code of ethics required doctors to ask permission before taking tissue from a living patient, the law made it very clear that performing an autopsy or removing tissue from the dead without permission was illegal.