More details have emerged about Wednesday's terrible incident in which a Bronx schoolteacher suffered a miscarriage after attempting to break up a petty fight: according to the Times, 27-year-old teacher Lissedia Batista, was trying to break up a squabble between a ninth-grader and 10th grader in her classroom who were arguing over a chair. According to the News, Batista was accidentally elbowed in the stomach by one of the students, and fell to the ground crying. She was taken from Explorations Academy in Claremont to the hospital where she had the miscarriage. more ›

A fight between students at a Bronx high school led to a horrible incident for one young teacher yesterday. A pregnant teacher at the Explorations Academy in Claremont tried to break up a fight between two students, was kicked in the stomach by one of the students (it's unclear if it was an accident or not) and later miscarried. more ›

A study published in BMC Public Health found "a spike in miscarriages of baby boys throughout the U.S. in September 2001. Researchers blame the stress moms-to-be suffered because of 9/11 - even if they had no direct link to the terrorist attacks." Miscarriages were up 12% the normal number for September, and the study's writers attribute it to "communal bereavement." Lead writer UC Irvine professor Tim Bruckner said, "We do grieve for people we don't know." Additionally, male fetuses were more affected because "they are more sensitive to the chemicals mothers produce when stressed." Here's an abstract of the study. more ›

A Queens woman is suing a cop for $5 million, claiming he caused her to fall on her stomach while she was six months pregnant and eventually miscarry. Police were called to 21-year-old Felicia Dantzler's house after her fiancé reported a fight with her neighbors on March 21st. Dantzler told the Post, "He swept his foot under my feet and I fell on my stomach and face." Five days later, she delivered a stillborn daughter. more ›

A Brooklyn wife tried to kill her husband's child with another woman — first by slipping the mistress a medicine to induce abortion, then by attempting to poison the baby with tainted breast milk, according to cops. more ›