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I noticed that there are several women way past their 40's who still want to give birth to a child.

It is well known that the curve of complications and abnormalities rises steep past the age of 35. Past 40 there is a great risk at Down Syndrome, among others, for the baby. Knowing this I ask myself (and you) at what age one is more selfish than wise when one still wants to give birth?

For example: Dutchessa is 44 years of age and is looking for a partner to have child(ren) with. In Italy there even was a woman past 60 who found a gynaecologist willing to help her having a baby of her own!

What's the limit?

I'd say the limit would be of a very personal nature.
Only the woman (and possibly the man, if there is one directly involved) & her doctor can and should make that determination...

I passes my limit years and years and years ago on this one - to each their own of course but for me personally these days, babies are adorable - when they are somebody elses

I'm totally against women having children beyond the age of 40. Not only for the risk of health complications both to the mother and child. I also think it's selfish to have a child which you're probably only going to have 20-30 years with if you're lucky.

Then again maybe I'm just biased as my parents had me when they were 42 and both of them were dead by the time I was 27

Of course, I realise that even if women do have their kids when they're younger. There's still no guarantee of a long life just because they're younger OR even any guarantee they will have a child without any health complications as not everything shows up on the scans