Nope. There is no ban on research, just that Federal dollars can't be used to fund any other lines. Private and non-govt institutes can and still are doing research.

Just because Federal dollars can't be used to do something, doesn't ban it. If the Federal govt made it illegal for *anyone* to do research, than *that* would be a ban. However, it seems that either the Kerry campaign or the reporters do not know or care about that difference.

Whether the Federal government should fund this research is a totally different discussion.